Category: Lyrics
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In My Own Mind
In My Own Mindby Lyle Lovett I get up in the morningDrink a cup of coffeeI look out of the windowI try to get it startedI turn it all overPlow it all underI plant ’em in the springtimePick ’em in the summer I live in my own mindAin’t nothin but a good timeNo rain just…
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The Devil Is an Angel Too
AThe Devil Is an Angel Tooby Janiva Magness Well, you look just like an angel, you sound so bright and true,You seem so sweet coming down my street, but the devil is an angel too,The devil is an angel too.Somehow you seem familiar – haven’t I seen you before?Got a different name, but is it…
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Leave a Light On
Leave a Light Onby Tom Walker The second someone mentioned you were all aloneI could feel the trouble coursing through your veinsNow I know, it’s got a holdJust a phone call left unanswered had me sparking upThese cigarettes won’t stop me wondering where you areDon’t let go, keep a hold If you look into the…
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Shake The Dust
Shake the Dustby The Sweeplings RiseGuide me to the lightOh, how IBreathe the night, breathe the nightRiseBreak out from the rustSee every captive freeTo shake the dust RiseI won’t be held downOh, how IFeel it now, feel it nowRiseLeavin’ all that wasSee every captive freeTo shake the dustSee every captive freeTo shake the dust Here…
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The River
The River by Blues Saraceno Oh, my Lord, take this soulLay me at the bottom of the riverThe devil has come to carry me homeLay me at the bottom, the bottom of the river Oh, my Lord, take this handSave me from the gallowsHear this news, bear my goldLay me in the shallowsEvil’ll come if…
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Tennessee
Tennesseeby Gillian Welch I kissed you cause I’ve never been an angelI learned to say hosannas on my kneesBut they threw me out of Sunday school when I was nineAnd the sisters said I did just as I pleasedEven so I try to be a good girlIt’s only what I want that makes me weakI…
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Down Into Mexico
Down Into Mexicoby Delbert McClinton There was a casino out in VegasHad a million dollars on the wallGot my imagination workin’ overtimeI knew I had to have it allI knew I had to have it all Sherrie was a dancer, she was a schemerWe came up with a fool-proof planShe was workin’ it from the…
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All I Know So Far
All I Know So Far / Pink Haven’t always been this wayI wasn’t born a renegadeI felt alone, still feel afraidI stumble through it anyway I wish someone would have told me that this life is ours to chooseNo one’s handing you the keys or a book with all the rulesThe little that I know…
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Hotel California – Reimagined
Hotel California reimagined for traditional Chinese Guzheng | Moyun Hotel Californiaby Eagles On a dark desert highwayCool wind in my hairWarm smell of colitasRising up through the airUp ahead in the distanceI saw a shimmering lightMy head grew heavy and my sight grew dimI had to stop for the night There she stood in the…
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How Fortunate The Man With None
How Fortunate the Man With Noneby Dead Can Dance You saw sagacious SolomonYou know what came of him,To him complexities seemed plain.He cursed the hour that gave birth to himAnd saw that everything was vain.How great and wise was Solomon.The world however didn’t waitBut soon observed what followed on.It’s wisdom that had brought him to…
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