Kershaw, Nik - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me Lyrics






Forty winks in the lobby, make mine a G&T
Then to our favorite hobby, searching for an enemy
Here in our paper houses, stretching for miles and miles
Old men in stripy trousers rule the world with plastic smiles

Good or bad, like it or not
It's the only one we've got

I won't let the sun go down on me
I won't let the sun go down
I won't let the sun go down on me
I won't let the sun go down

Mother nature isn't in it, three hundred million years
Goodbye in just a minute, gone forever, no more tears
Pinball man, power glutton, vacuum inside his head
Forefinger on the button, is he blue or is he red

Break your silence if you would
Before the sun goes down for good

I won't let the sun go down on me
I won't let the sun go down
I won't let the sun go down on me
I won't let the sun go down

I won't let the sun go down on me
I won't let the sun go down

I won't let the sun go down on me
I won't let the sun go down
I won't let the sun go down on me
I won't let the sun go down





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  1. j.... c....

    Goats , girls dancing around the may pole , ritual stuff , the sun wont go down on you if you play along with the top tables laws. otherwise a classic 80s tune , love it.

  2. a.... f....

    Nick top

  3. D.... M....

    1:48 uff Ɛ>

  4. J.... D....

    Great record. Saw him live in the mid 1980s. I'm getting on a bit now, but look what I got to watch.

  5. D.... F....

    Great song with a great mean behind it unlike most music today :(

  6. K.... P....

    Fuck u Justin biber

  7. K.... P....

    I love this 80' s music

  8. M.... M....

    I listen this song in the 2019 :)

  9. H.... S....

    Oldy forever.Nice.😍😎😙

  10. j.... R....

    im a country musician but this is one of those songs that makes me wish i started a 80s synth pop band

  11. e.... ....

    Most cheerful song about threat of nuclear war ever.

  12. H.... G....

    Forty winks in the lobby,
    make mine a G&T
    Then to our favorite hobby,
    searching for an enemy
    Here in our paper houses,
    stretching for miles and miles
    Old men in stripy trousers rule the world with plastic smiles
    Good or bad, like it or not
    It's the only one we've got
    I won't let the sun go down on me
    I won't let the sun go down
    I won't let the sun go down on me
    I won't let the sun go down
    Mother nature isn't in it, three hundred million years
    Goodbye in just a minute, gone forever, no more tears
    Pinball man, power glutton, vacuum inside his head
    Forefinger on the button, is he blue or is he red
    Break your silence if you would
    Before the sun goes down for good
    I won't let the sun go down on me
    I won't let the sun go down
    I won't let the sun go down on me
    I won't let the sun go down
    I won't let the sun go down on me
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  13. S.... �....

    Who would be thought that something as simple as children playing outside would be almost non existed 40 years later.

  14. D.... ....

    There was a lot of "Going down" on folk in the 80s it seems...

  15. B.... S....

    this is a CLASSIC

  16. H.... G....

    Forty winks in the lobby,
    make mine a G&T
    Then to our favorite hobby,
    searching for an enemy
    Here in our paper houses,
    stretching for miles and miles
    Old men in stripy trousers rule the world with plastic smiles
    Good or bad, like it or not
    It's the only one we've got
    I won't let the sun go down on me
    I won't let the sun go down
    I won't let the sun go down on me
    I won't let the sun go down
    Mother nature isn't in it, three hundred million years
    Goodbye in just a minute, gone forever, no more tears
    Pinball man, power glutton, vacuum inside his head
    Forefinger on the button, is he blue or is he red
    Break your silence if you would
    Before the sun goes down for good
    I won't let the sun go down on me
    I won't let the sun go down
    I won't let the sun go down on me
    I won't let the sun go down
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    I won't let the sun go down

  17. T.... F....

    Excellent, excellent, excellent!!!

  18. A.... R....

    This is f-ing gold =D

  19. R.... R....

    July /2019 anyone?😍🍺

  20. Z.... P....

    Luv Nick

  21. j.... f....

    Remind me again..this song is about the threat of nuclear war and it ended up on a lettuce advert?. Don't you just hate it when advertisers do that?. Great track and is still relevant today with everything going on in the world.

  22. I.... S....

    Love it! ❤️

  23. A.... M....

    Kept off No 1 by Frankie Goes To Hollywood Two Tribes

  24. A.... M....

    UK No 2 in Summer 1984..AM No 1

  25. b.... ....

    Nice medieval themed music video. Those kids appear from the mist like ghosts, from the past.

  26. P.... C....

    Who listen in 2O19 ?

  27. T.... J....

    Grrrrrreeeeaaaat ❤

  28. l.... ....

    Loved this song back in June 84. .great summer on a Thatchers YOP scheme,yet the cunts still voted for her???
    Love the music most

  29. J.... D....

    This is a great childhood song we all used to sing in class back in 1982/83 in junior school - memories never die :-)

  30. I.... S....

    ❤️ I + A ❤️ 12.09.2018 - ∞

  31. R.... B....

    Wonderful memories

  32. K.... V....

    Love this song i sing it for my mom ches craying its bautifaul

  33. T.... F....

    Excellent song.

  34. P.... Z....

    Wie is er hier door 'Niet schieten'?

    P.... Z....

    Primus Zanet Ikk Ahhah

  35. G.... ....

    Woohoo! party at mine! Make mine a G&T!

  36. S.... s....

    I never let the sun go down on my dreams of a pebble-dash driveway - all the rage in 1983/4.

  37. c.... b....

    i used to hear this when i was a kid and in 2018..i watching the video..

  38. M.... A....

    2018?????

  39. K.... L....

    the chickens are the church army hah ha

  40. K.... L....

    I wasn't allowed a key board when young :) and I am a sock wearer

  41. N.... M....

    I won't let the sun go down on me becasue i am inside the sun.........adam a.s

  42. P.... W....

    Hell of a song from the ,1980 s

    P.... W....

    Paul William's greatest 80's!!!!!! Grettings from CROATIA!

    P.... W....

    Dobar dan!

  43. P.... S....

    Another great 80s song

  44. c.... b....

    Beats the bollocks their churning out today

    c.... b....

    Lol, nicely put!! So true!

  45. C.... B....

    Why the planet is screwed ... Simple young ones not listening to this type of music .. they Prefer listening to crap whilst high what war was in this time i cant remember because music was awesome :)

  46. r.... k....

    Was in the RN when this one was released. One the guys had a different versions if this song. It cracked me up every time he sing it. Won't tell you what it was cause it wouldn't go down well with some people.

  47. K.... C....

    Saw him live 2017. Bloody brilliant

  48. r.... ....

    ok this is hot

  49. t.... w....

    Class. Can't beat 80's music

  50. S.... P....

    Happy 60th birthday Nik Kershaw!!!

  51. H.... a....

    First time hearing this song. Doesn't do it for me. Boring. And I like a lot of his stuff. This sucks.

  52. H.... L....

    I LOVE THIS SONG

  53. t.... b....

    pure class

  54. F.... U....

    Sorry, i'm live in Germany and i can't english

  55. F.... U....

    I Loved him, but now he isn't cool as in the 80's his Songs İs Perfect i Love Nik's 80's style forever

  56. S.... G....

    He wrote this while at Northgate high school my fiancé and son both study and studied there my fiancé heard this song before the song became famous

  57. T.... C....

    I'm in love with this guy's hair 😍😄

    T.... C....

    TheLion Cherry the guy? You mean Nik Kershaw

  58. F.... a....

    He looks like Brad Lemon.

  59. I.... f....

    Sounds like old cartoon themes. :)

  60. G.... R....

    Forty winks in the lobby, make mine a G&T
    Then to our favorite hobby, searching for an enemy
    Here in our paper houses, stretching for miles and miles
    Old men in stripy trousers rule the world with plastic smiles

    Good or bad, like it or not
    It's the only one we've got

    I won't let the sun go down on me
    I won't let the sun go down
    I won't let the sun go down on me
    I won't let the sun go down

    Mother nature isn't in it, three hundred million years
    Goodbye in just a minute, gone forever, no more tears
    Pinball man, power glutton, vacuum inside his head
    Forefinger on the button, is he blue or is he red

    Break your silence if you would
    Before the sun goes down for good

  61. s.... b....

    Somehow I really like his style in that video :o

    s.... b....

    sazu bun I think he looks pretty cool in this. Some of his other vids, his hair is huuuuuge, lol.

  62. Y.... ....

    1:29 What iss he saying? I hear it like "Fuck humen inside his head"

    Y.... ....

    "Vacuum inside his head". In other words, the person is unable to understand reason.

  63. I.... S....

    WONDERFUL!!!!

    I.... S....

    MIKI-WAWA best song ever

  64. M.... ....

    Nik Kershaw sounds better at 1.25 speed for some reason.

    M.... ....

    You mean, at real speed??...

    M.... ....

    Trust me, they messed about with the tempo a lot and I think they tweaked it enough in the studio. 1.25 may sound novel, but it doesn't have the dynamics of 1.0. The reggae feel has to have that back-beat and when you speed it up too much it loses its feel. Man.

  65. h.... s....

    robodinosaur

    h.... s....

    trollosaur much?

  66. 4.... ....

    Yes better than the original and one of my favorite tracks by Nik, also this song relates to me being a sun worshiper , fuck all this crap about skin cancer I've been doing it all my life and at the age of 69 don't care anymore

    4.... ....

    Dude, I mixed in a remastered audio track from late 90's, too bad the vídeo source hasn't been improved as well. The sun is great, I love it too, laying in the beach for hours and all... But, it can damage your skin for sure. A proper sun screen will always get you through, regardless of how much you care about it.

  67. l.... ....

    Very quality audio!!! thanks

    My:
    Nick Kershaw - I won't let the sun goes down on me ( live ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtjxEmR_nxE&t=0s

  68. J.... H....

    Gheat a great guy!

    J.... H....

    Janne-Pekka Huuhtanen

    Lime

  69. M.... N....

    NIK IS ADORABLE

    M.... N....

    Oh, definitely!

  70. J.... d....

    Justin Bieber gets millions of views for the shit he cranks out and this has less than a million. People don't know good music.

    J.... d....

    So true

    J.... d....

    That's because there's many versions of this, all over youtube including 12" versions & remixes, where Bieber probably has only 1 version that everyone flocks to

    J.... d....

    You are soooooo right !!!
    They just don't know anything about music !
    The 80's were and stay the best ,while today it is pure garbage!

    J.... d....

    It's the new generation as you know

  71. J.... ....

    they played this in the supermarket today. I almost forgot to buy to something

    J.... ....

    I'd be the same. I love this song. First song I ever heard on the radio, I believe according to my Mum.

    J.... ....

    Listened to this as well today in the supermarket...Now it sticks :D

  72. V.... F....

    Cool! Thumb up!

  73. W.... 1....

    I just wished that guy at 2:15 did a longer little solo with that instrument in that same style.Just love that sound!!!

    W.... 1....

    that's the bass.
    The style is called "slap"

    W.... 1....

    Look up the extended 12" version, there's a long bass solo and some great staccato keyboard!

  74. d.... b....

    Mark King on bass ?

    d.... b....

    david bee

    No way!!! serious!?? Level 42 Mark King?

  75. I.... T....

    I think of that bastard Trump when he says old man in stripey trousers rules the world with plastic smiles. I won't let the sun go down on me the line reminds me of Hillary not letting pneumonia bring her down.

    I.... T....

    Clinton is far worse than Trump, believe me.

    I.... T....

    Thankyou!!!

  76. M.... N....

    I love it so much you are the best singer ever 💗💞🦁🐶❣🐱🐣🐯🦄🐥💕💙💚💛🐅💝🐺🐆🐬🐟🐾💖🐉🐠🐳😄😁💜💘🐲

  77. K.... ....

    Another one, among the 10 best songs from the 80s

    K.... ....

    KINGOFTHEMUSIC2009SP there is so much good songs from the 80's.....

  78. t.... ....

    Love !!

  79. m.... a....

    haha; listening to this is taking me back to  80's when I was a hairdresser and doing mens and ladies hair; and I did do a lot of hair cuts like this for men. What a great time that was.

    m.... a....

    I know this is an old comment but hey whatever lol...I love 80s hairstyles...men looked great back then, innovative, creative and stylish compared to now!

    m.... a....

    I was so fond of Duran Duran's hairstyles...

  80. m.... w....

    mejores años de música o sea the best

  81. a.... ....

    Wouldnt it be good still stands up, but this a few stupid gibberish lyrics mixed with a repetetive tune. Fucking rubbish really, but i loved it at the time.

    a.... ....

    I respect your opinion. Let me just say that imho, representing as it does both the anxiety of Europeans as Reagan threatened to bring the world to war AND the irrepressible hope of the British, this may be one of the most significant lyrics of the 80s, and part of the most lyrically intelligent and musically complex albums of the 80s.

    a.... ....

    +Turaco15 My nephew who's in his teens loves it i.e. still a great pop song.

    a.... ....

    Well put Brian :-)

    a.... ....

    +kenny P Goes to show that some music is meant to be tímeles, the greatest music...

    a.... ....

    +john jordan "gibberish" is often overrated. One can label something "gibberish" that one does not fully understand and yet that alone, barely proves whether that something has any meaning at all, or not.

  82. B.... F....

    Das Lied Ist Cool Ich Wode Geboren 1985

    B.... F....

    +aboomination "mentally challenged"? You mean, he's retarded?... Okay, whatever you say m8.

    B.... F....

    +aboomination Ha, I could never make anything out of his comments, then. German isn't even, like anything close to my 20th language!.. :D

    B.... F....

    Wieso müssen wir englisch reden so ein qu atsch

    B.... F....

    Bus Fan Marcedes Benz Benz 0 405 My German is rusty , but Jesus, I'm like a Roseta Stone expert in it, compared to you !

    B.... F....

    Im from Germany and it means "wurde" not "wode"

  83. S.... J....

    1980's So glad I grew up in this decade. I hate everything in this current era.

    S.... J....

    I grew up in the 80s 90s and top music back then the era of today is crap bring back the 80s any day

    S.... J....

    I'm also glad I grew up in the 1980's decade, can't stand this current era either.

    S.... J....

    @Doro Jessy I was 17 when this song came out, and i just left school and it felt as if my life had just begun
    because i didn't like my teen years and going to school, so i did feel free at last because school is out forever!
    And then this song came out that summer and alot of other great music ofcourse, and i always had the radio on
    beause music was half my life and going out in the weekends was the ultimate thing in my young life,
    so the 80's was the best decade ever! Both my parents were stil alive, and so was my entire family
    and i stil lived at home, so i had no bills to pay and every penny i earned with work was for me only
    so i could buy a nice car and go out each weekend, and i had a few girls i had alot of sex with,
    and had a ton of fun with my friends, so the best days of my life. Now 35 years later my friends
    aren't my friends anymore for almost 20 years, the music sucks, going out sucks, and my health
    sucks because my back is worn beyond repair and i have to swallow pills for the rest of my life,
    and the entire world has become a giant mess because we now getting flooded with so called
    refugees who turn the west into a mess with those fucking terrorist everywere, and also people
    are more violent and became assholes, and life in common became expensive, because in the 80's you
    still could by an afortable house, and pay it of within 20 years, and your wife didn't need te get a job
    so a man could pay all the bills with his salary, and now you need to get married when you're under 25
    and both need a job because paying of a house is now a lifetime job. And for 100 bucks i had
    a shopping kart stuffed to the edge in the 80's, and now i have two plastic bags for the same money.
    A pack of sigarettes were 3,50, now it's 10,50. A beer in a disco or bar was 1,75, now it's almost 3 euro's
    and you may no longer smoke in a disco or bar, so going out sucks these days, so i'm glad that i
    was a teen when the 80's started, because i lived through the best days this planet has ever seen.
    Also the 90's were great, but a little less great than the 80's, because we got older and got
    girlfriends who wrecked friendships, because they wanted to settle down and no more going out
    each weekend, so the fun days were over alright, and we all became tax slaves for the goverment,
    because now we had to start to live on ourselves and pay alot of bills, so work, work and work
    and now we are glad when we get home at 5 and sit on the couch and do nothing, because
    we don't have the energy that we had in our younger days, so we all became dull and boring
    old farts with no energy left. Hell, i wish that someone would make a time machine, because
    i would love to go back to the 80's and stay there forever, because i hate the present we live in!

    S.... J....

    @3DPeter So do I, it's terrible times!!!

    S.... J....

    I'm with you in %100!

  84. K.... N....

    Love this song

  85. n.... ....

    I wonder what his inspiration was for writing the song?

    n.... ....

    Pretty much lol, but i think 80's was clearly better. There is some good music out there now, but miniscule compared to the 80's imo.

    n.... ....

    +nightwalker83 As I can recall, Nik didn't have any message in mind when writing this song, he just wrote whatever he could come up with. He did it with this and The Riddle, and probably some other songs. I'm not 100 % sure but that's what I remember. Anyway this song is great.

    n.... ....

    +Frida A "The Riddle" is awesome! I just love it! :P

    n.... ....

    Pedro Cardona That's true same with two tribes Frankie goes to hollywood

    n.... ....

    nightwalker83 nuclear war

  86. L.... ....

    I love it ♥

    L.... ....

    Yes it's a rather jolly little number.

  87. T.... A....

    Fucking catchy bassline, i made a rework, check it below

    /watch?v=7YRwprMcIZk

    T.... A....

    +Tyler Ace your video is showing as private. Care to share it again?

    T.... A....

    yeh its too much in contrast with my usual style so i put it offline, you can check it here
    https://soundcloud.com/jethro-music/nik-kershaw-i-wont-let-the-sun

  88. M.... S....

    I did it just as good, had a few standing ovations to this 

  89. Z.... V....

    Does anybody know the chords?

  90. J.... H....

    you know, the song is from 1984, not from 98 :) 

    J.... H....

    You grew up in an awesome time, Bob.

    J.... H....

    Yes insane poverty and unemployment in the west, terrible environmental problems holes in the ozonlayer, horrible famines and wars all across africa. What a time to be alive. "Awesome time bob" . Just cause the music was so much better doesnt make those decades good or awesome; they were a horrible struggle for billions of people.

    J.... H....

    It's worse now than ever and we've forwarded 30 years Mao, so i'd sooner go back to the 80's than now

  91. S.... ....

    So original! :P