Flock Of Seagulls, A - Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) Lyrics






It's not the way you look
It's not the way that you smile
Although there's something to them
It's not the way you have your hair
It's not that certain style
It could be that perfume

If I had a photograph of you
Or something to remind me
I wouldn't spend my life just wishing

It's not the make-up
And it's not the way that you dance
It's not the evening sky
It's more the way your eyes
Are laughing as they glance
Across the great divide

If I had a photograph of you
Or something to remind me
I wouldn't spend my life just wishing

It's not the things you say
It's not the things you do
But it must be something more
And if I feel this way for so long
Tell me is it all for nothing
You'll still walk out the door

If I had a photograph of you
Or something to remind me
I wouldn't spend my life just wishing





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  1. M.... E....

    A great song of the 80s, takes me back to Guildford and my army days

  2. S.... U....

    Wishing I had Mike's haircut.

  3. F.... S....

    👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

  4. M.... P....

    Would do anything to go back to that era as an 11 year old,out on my BMX everyday not a care in the world, my whole life ahead of me,only Hope's no fears,where did it all go so shit

  5. T.... B....

    Stoicism can help, regards to all.

  6. K.... W....

    I'm 37 I still rocking this jam cool cool this is for my mother Susan!

  7. s.... r....

    This song hits your emotions very hard!!!!!! Wishing you could go back in time

  8. D.... Z....

    They were hairdressers!

  9. J.... S....

    I'm 54, yes the 80's were great but so we're the 70's and the 90's, not forgetting the noughties... .all you need is now.

  10. C.... M....

    Wishing I could rewind to the 80 s and 2000 and party every day

  11. t.... ....

    I used to view this band and it's music/videos as cheap and laughable. One hit wonders at their best in the 80s.
    But here you have an obscure song getting over 8 Million views. They did something right.

  12. L.... T....

    Class of 1988, I know you're out there. We had it the best of any generation didnt we?

  13. P.... M....

    The greatest group ever !!!

  14. D.... H....

    Got the picture vinyl single

  15. B.... D....

    Saw these guys with my 13 year old nephew at the Lost 80s concert in Sandy,Utah

  16. R.... 1....

    Worst hair cut in history , think the guys totally bald now

  17. m.... C....

    I love Mike score ♥️

  18. r.... ....

    One-Hit wonder? My A$$

  19. m.... s....

    I love Mike score ♥️❤️♥️

  20. a.... f....

    Oh my I'm gay lfe

  21. C.... H....

    Vox’s sounding like of times to believe now

  22. r.... f....

    I wish I was trapped in the New Wave time period!

  23. A.... G....

    Born in 88’ but 80’s music was the best decade ever

  24. J.... E....

    Born in 1966 and raised in the northeast, very diverse! The 80s were fantastic! Technology was taking off. The music, parties, fashion and even the people were cooler and nicer. Where I came from everyone got along and had fun together. My kids know 70s & 80s music bc of me and my husband and say that it looked like alot of fun back then. They're already jaded!! I feel sorry for them now... the world sucks 😔

  25. C.... G....

    Die 80er jahre war das beste Jahrzehnt.Die Musik und die Leute waren einfach nur cool.Nicht so egoistisch wie heute.👍👍👍👍

  26. A.... B....

    I danced this song a lot. Beautiful thing!
    2020 I'm here to remember sweet moments ...

  27. t.... s....

    The singer looks like Final Fantasy character lol

  28. P.... J....

    Ahhh so this is where Trump got his hairstyle from 😋

  29. D.... D....

    This track still sounds utterly superb in 2020 !!!! 😀

  30. T.... M....

    Acid flashbacks...darn it!

  31. M.... T....

    Wonderful. As good today as it was back in the day

  32. E.... F....

    You get some ads full of crap music, which is painful to sit through - before hearing real music!

  33. k.... k....

    I <3 new wave!!

  34. B.... M....

    Amazing music. Live in the moment people. The past is gone. Keep your eye on the prize

  35. Z.... D....

    A Flock of Seagulls are usually dismissed as one-hit wonders, but this was actually their *third* Top 40 hit. It's my favorite of them all.

  36. S.... A....

    60's baby, 70's child, 80's teen = just the best and never to be forgotten😎👌👍

    S.... A....

    You grew up in the best era

  37. S.... a....

    best song 💕💕💕

  38. J.... S....

    Great song, but the video is interesting too. It perfectly captures the 80's fascination with the idea that in 2020 we would be traveling in space, have flying cars, robot maids, etc. "Space age" was a huge theme back then and this vid fits perfectly with that.

  39. B.... R....

    I was about 13 when I first heard this song turned 14 that July 36 years ago!

  40. T.... J....

    Who’s listening in 2020 I am ✌️☮️✌️☮️🇮🇪

  41. D.... D....

    Those synths MERCY !!!! 💖

  42. D.... D....

    Possibly the best track and haircut of the whole 80's !!!! 💖

  43. w.... ....

    Who else went on a wild goose chase searching up "Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo"

  44. S.... ....

    Isn't the "tunu nee nu nee nu nee nunu" from Bruce Springsteen, or did Bruce Springsteen sampled it from them?

    S.... ....

    Which song?

  45. M.... S....

    Born in 80, and still listening to the hits from the 80s in 2020!!!!!! 😎

  46. T.... ....

    I had hair a bit like that! looks bad to me now lol

  47. J.... I....

    WISHING i'll find that time machine so i can go back to the year 1980 where music are good to your ears with no explicit words in it..

  48. M.... ....

    As a 20 year old Brit my parents have introduced me to some amazing bands, I was just wondering to anyone who lived through the decade if they knew this was special at the time? Now we can easily compare decades and see how much better music was back then compared to now.

    M.... ....

    Yes, we knew

  49. Z.... C....

    As popularized by the Shmenge Bros.

  50. D.... H....

    They had such a Cool Style with this Fashion

  51. G.... F....

    1983 I brought this.I was 17.I still have it as well as all my records :) this never gets old this tune.

  52. T.... ....

    The bass player has the bass groove move nailed. It's really something else, almost like he set the template for that move.

  53. L.... B....

    When your Science project and your experimental Band made a little love child in the garage.
    And George Lucas don't know what to do with the Set once the Star Wars filming wraps up.

  54. R.... G....

    Welders on the Star Wars set

  55. P.... K....

    I am here #2020🤘🏻

  56. A.... R....

    There´s something so special about this song 💖

  57. A.... A....

    Hairspray then beard oil now

  58. A.... A....

    2020 🥰

  59. B.... S....

    “ To those of us old enough to remember this ?! “ …… The Ducks Arse Hairstyle he had 😱😂😱😂 …

  60. C.... H....

    I'm just thankful we now have YouTube to take us back to any song, any decade of music we want to listen to.

  61. D.... D....

    Still sounds superb in 2020 !!!!

  62. b.... H....

    Might be 2020 but my heart is still in the 80’s.

    b.... H....

    "Might be 2020 but my heart is still in the 80’s."


    Yes, I agree: the 1780s! That was when my honey loved me (Wolfgang). But then he got famous and slept with whores. How could you Wolfie? You said you would love me forever! Even today I live in a vortex as my heart aches for Wolfie!

    b.... H....

    Me 2 Bob. The 80's were the best decade of music in my opinion, and I'm 59.

    b.... H....

    2020 total agree

  63. J.... H....

    This song brings such a sense of peace. Can't help but to sway my head and sing as loud as I can when it's cranked in the car. I'm in my own little world for as long as the song plays. My favorite Flock song by far! Only next to Space Age Love Song.

  64. J.... K....

    Still a really good song. Signed, Grown Child of MTV

  65. L.... R....

    Mi juventud los 80 hacia el futuro 2020 Lima Perû

  66. W.... C....

    kinda old tech aint it?

  67. p.... ....

    Jan. 2020. Still jamming to the greatest band! I was around 22 years old, skinny fucker, long hair and discovering these bad ass new wave songs.

  68. E.... ....

    this band should not be known as just a one hit wonder, pays to click on suggested videos, I only knew them as there "one hit" witch is good but so is this and there other stuff its a same more songs like this are not played on the regular

  69. J.... R....

    the golden gate bridge
    johnathon kyles full fridge
    angie goffreds midge

  70. J.... R....

    police in excess
    flock of seagulls and mae west
    scotts movie dub best

  71. p.... ....

    I remember first hearing this song. I loved the synth sludge and that aura of faded elegance and doom. Now it seems all too true.

  72. J.... ....

    Rad Seagulls cover... https://youtu.be/gNunqsbH86g

  73. M.... S....

    The music of this band is truly amazing 😉 Even his his horrible haircut has a certain fascination. Irony of it is he is as bald 👨‍🦲 as an egg like me. Image aside these guys were magnificent.

  74. W.... S....

    Today, just go to Instagram or Google image search. The mystery and magic are gone.

  75. M.... J....

    So love this song! Brings me to a happy place!

    M.... J....

    You are beautiful 🌹

  76. I.... W....

    Happy 2020

  77. W.... S....

    Great memories, the early 80's were sooo good!!

  78. F.... C....

    Fábio Caram André, Floresta, BH. MG, BR. Correction: Where you read "I´m wiating", you must read "I´m waiting"

  79. F.... C....

    Fábio Caram André, Floresta, BH. MG, BR. A Flock Of Seagulls, I´m wiating you fo more good musics like you have done.. I wish it don´t take very time. Happy Xmas to all you. My contact- [email protected]

  80. L.... M....

    Like per chi ascolta nel 2019 doppio like per chi ascolta il 30 / 12/2019 e perché no nel 2020

  81. R.... B....

    Oh, so THIS is where the hair joke comes from!

  82. d.... l....

    Always loved this song, and the record album.

  83. A.... P....

    another 80s classic wishing if I had a photograph ov u fantastic group fantastic tune miss the 80s luved the 80s Andy peover

  84. v.... r....

    Merry. Christmas A flock of seagulls ...... greetings of Peru...

  85. S.... C....

    3 notes!

  86. M.... C....

    Another 1980s song I really like. I bought this on 12 inch vinyl in 1980s, and still have it. It's in perfect condition, I always looked after my records.

  87. c.... ....

    after all these decades.. FoS is def one of the most underrated bands of the 80s. "I just Ran" "Wishing" "20th Century Love Song" amazing work.

  88. C.... B....

    One of the very few times my mum and I disagree over music; she thinks this song is naff, I think it's amazing!

  89. I.... K....

    TYPICAL SONG FROM THE COLD WAR ERA
    SO GLAD I GREW UP IN THE MARVELOUS 80’S... OH OUI !
    WHAT A GREAT ERA! I’M GLAD THAT I LIVED THROUGH IT. OH OUI !

  90. N.... T....

    The 80`s can not be repeated or recaptured you just had to of been there.

    N.... T....

    @Luis X. Rivas AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE 80s, OH NON 😆

    N.... T....

    I was born in 91 where it all just basically went down hill hahahaha

    N.... T....

    @CrystalTearDrop OH OUI, SO TRUE!

    N.... T....

    "The 80`s can not be repeated or recaptured you just had to of been there."


    That is not true!

    N.... T....

    @Nossa Senhora do O WHAT??? PERSONALLY, I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE LIVED DURING THE 80s !!!

  91. T.... F....

    Is everything by Flock of Seagulls amazing?

  92. W.... C....

    Porra YouTube, cheio de anúncio. Que chato

  93. A.... R....

    I used the title of that music to address ( and impress) my girlfriend around 1985 :-)

  94. o.... ....

    1982! Shadow Mountain High School, Phoenix, Az.

  95. S.... T....

    Pro tip: welding with ski goggles will make you go blind. So you don't want to do that, probably.

  96. S.... A....

    L❤ve the 8o,s it was so,soooooo electric. 👍

  97. F.... v....

    Live in the here and now - those were great times (67 baby) and great for it, we experienced it, and tales to tell, now my sons take this forward

  98. G.... Z....

    Love the 80s

  99. J.... W....

    F.ing mint wow!!!!!🎧🎹🎶🤗😁

  100. T.... ....

    God I pity all the heart breaks of the 80’s with such shitty music to brood to