Does anybody love this song as much as I do? This is an 80's jam that I recently downloaded and have been listening to a lot. Shirley Murdock was discovered by the late Roger Troutman and Zapp, and she has an amazing singing voice! Here are the lyrics to refresh your memory:


As We Lay - Shirley Murdock

It's morning,
and we slept the night away~
It happened,
now we can't turn back the hands of time
(oh no)

Yes we've stolen this moment,
We forgot to face, one simple fact
We both belong~ to someone else
As we slept, the night away

It's morning,
sunlight shines across your sleeping face (uh huh)
A new~ day,
brings reality that we must go our
Se~parate way
What a lovely night, we had (yeah yeah)
As we shared each other's love
We forgot about all the pain we'd cause
as we slept the night away

Hook
As we lay
We forgot about tomorrow as we lay (mmhmm, hey hey)
As we lay
We didn't think about the price we'd have to pay( oh no, no no no no no no no)

It's morning
And now it's time for us to say goodbye
Goodbye baby
you're lea~ving me,
I know you got to hurry home to face your wi~fe, whoa
I would never never want to hurt her no
She would never understand
You belonged to me for
just one night
as we slept the night away

(whoa) (mmm) (whoa)

I would never never want to hurt her no
She would never understand
You belonged to me for
just one night
as we slept the night away

Hook
As We Lay
We forgot about tomorrow
As we lay
We didn't think about the price we'd have to pay...oh no hey

We should have counted up the cost
but instead we got lost
in the second, in the minute, in the hour
hey hey, hey as we lay
we forgot about tomorrow, as we lay
whoa~~~

It's morning (it's morning) (oo oo)
It's morning (it's morning) (whoa~~)
It's morning (whoa~~)


I freaking love this song! I remember when it first came out, it got played a lot on local radio, yet I never got tired of it. It's just one of those songs I can listen to over and over again.

Oh yeah, I love that one, too! And I remember when it was on radio a lot! That could be the Jam of the Week!

YES! I do recall "As We Lay"... I also remember hearing a radio interview with Shirley in which she recounted the details of the recording.. From what I recall the vocals were taped late at night in her living room by her boy friend / producer.. Right before the two of them got too "romantic" for recording.. This living room recording was only to be the demo, but when in the actual studio they felt they couldn't capture the same Vocal quality.. I love the feeling I get off this track!

(BTW "Something In The Way" by Nirvana & "Let's Stay Together" by Pat Benatar)

I love me some Shirley Murdock!!

She did have alot of "cheating" songs though

Don't forget "Husband" too!!

She was also in "Zapp...with Roger Troutman" R.I.P.
She's the prominant voice in alot of their songs... "Computer Love" just to name one!!

Oh yeah! I love the song "Computer Love" too. I just downloaded that song recently.

What you know about this music white gal. lol.

A lot, Freaky. Just ask me, you may be presently surprised.