I've tried to identify this 80s/early 90s song that I taped off the radio for years without success.

As far as I can make out, some of the lyrics are: "For years she has cried... She knows just what to say, here I go and have the final word. She relishes my pain..."

Bridge: "Don't waste all your time. Don't hide yourself away."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDLQT3oTlBY

I've tried Shazam, Soundhound and Googled the lyrics without any luck. Can anyone help?

It sounds much like Midge Ure "She Cried"

Originally Posted by Jemma_E

It sounds much like Midge Ure "She Cried"

It sounds *absolutely* nothing like it.

I agree, but in the louder parts, the singer truly has got some decent Bono/U2 flavor .

Me thinks the sample is somewhere from 15 - 20 % slow, enough to make it Bono's sister and a more natural sounding 80's high energy song.

TENTATIVE (repetitions and finale ignored)
...
...just watching him
Do i go without a final word [pronounced wit-hout, German, Dutch?]
He, rarely shares my pain [I'm more of an optimist...]
Someone always ends up getting hurt

{
Burning desire
Has fallen away
For years we have tried
I won't play that game
} bis

Don't waste all your time
Don't hide yourself away
...