Another 'Who Knows This Song' Question

Factual Questions
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In the early-to-mid eighties, I heard a song, ONCE, that I really enjoyed. I’ve been trying to track it down since. I think the title was “Your Secret is Safe with Me”. Can anyone give me some leads?

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If my nit-picky correction is on target, this is the title of a song by Michael Franks (renowned for Popsicle Toes).

I don’t remember any of the lyric off the top of my head, but the title and artist should get you started.

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Yes it was sung by Michael Franks who also sang “Popsicle Toes”. He’s had a few albums out - soft-rock, jazzy type.

4

Thank you, but no thank you. Most definitely not Michael Franks. Not quite my taste!

After seeing your responses, I searched Napster for Michael Franks’ stuff and discovered that the title might inlcude “secret’s” as opposed to “secret is”. So, I downloaded his song by the (?)same name and, no, it’s not the one.

While at Napster, I did find a song with the same name by the Robert Cray Band which I am sure is the song I heard but not the version I heard. So, I think I’m looking for a cover version of that Robert Cray Band tune.

Thanks. This is progress.

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If you know the name of the song and at least one covering band, try this link: http://www.allmusic.com

6

I just found the song:

Your Secret is Safe With Me - The Pukka Orchestra

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Glad we could help. :rolleyes:

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      • Okay, here’s another: there used to be a lyrics site that you could enter song lyrics and it would tell you the songs that your entered lyrics occurred in. It seemed to contain every English-language song ever recorded. It went offline due to a court case over publishing rights, and never came back on. Or did it? I think it was http://www.lyricshq.com, but now that site is just a Yahoo message board. I searched myself for other similar sites when I found it gone but others didn’t have anywhere near the material it had, or they didn’t search for lyrics; you could only enter the artist name, song or album titles and find the album, titles or artist. Is there anything comparable now? - MC
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MC, I belive you are referring to The International Lyrics Server. It’s back up (in association with songfile.com) but is just a shadow of its former self. There’s hardly any lyrics listed, ones that are listed are often incomplete. However, the lyrics are displayed in time with the music.

Another site I found is http://www.lyricsworld.com. This site operates like a search engine and can be used to find lyrics which are not at the ILS. The only drawback is the lyrics returned might have been incorrectly transcribed.