Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Week Thirteen: Obscure 80s - KTP (Kissing the Pink) - "Certain Things Are Likely" - Certain Things Are Likely

I first heard this song in 1988, when my parents finally purchased a VCR, and we started frequenting the video store. One of the first films I rented was Can't Buy Me Love. This began my obsession with going to high school, with Patrick Dempsey (before he got that stupid moniker – Dr. “Whatever”), and with Volkswagen convertibles. Since this song is played so faintly in the background of an important party scene in the film, it didn't really stick with me much.  I definitely thought it was an awesome song at the time though.



However, when I began attending an 80s night at the Art Bar in the Club Clearview complex in Deep Ellum, the DJ reintroduced me to this tune with a fierceness. No, it did not renew my obsession with this film, with going to high school, with Patrick Dempsey, or with Volkswagen convertibles, but it did renew my obsession with this song!




Hypnotise me, hypnotise me
Cartain things are likely
Certain things that I blame
Certain things are likely
Hypnotise me, hypnotise me

Girl lean over bendy chair
Peer at creaky card
On her feet the white sock pair
Beneath the ground is hard

What's your mind on
What's your mind on

Patience in the line she sees
Snaps another card
Curtain wave above her head
Sun it shines so hard

What's your mind on
What's your mind on
What's your mind on
What's your mind on

Health shape body weight
Body made of steel
Push it up, drive it hard
Drive it like a wheel

Certain things are likely
Certain things I blame
Certain things are likely
They hypnotise me, hypnotise me
Like falling in love

In this race, fever face
Girl stand on her toes
China blue, look at you
Tattoo how it grows

What's your mind on
What's your mind on

Health shape body weight
Body made of steel
Push it up, drive it hard
Drive it like a wheel

Certain things are likely
Certain things I blame
Certain things are likely
They hypnotise me, hypnotise me

 
Drive it like a wheel
Body made of steel
Sun it shines so hard
They hypnotise me, hypnotise me

Certain things I blame
Certain things I own
Some are too expensive
Help me build a throne

Buckle this, buckle that
Buckle all the way
Certain things are likely
Like falling in love

In this race, fever face
Girl stand on her toes
China blue, look at you
Tattoo how it grows

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