Category: Lyrics
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The Sultans of Swing
The Sultans of Swing by Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits Verse 1]You get a shiver in the darkIt’s raining in the park, but meantimeSouth of the river, you stop, and you hold everythingA band is blowing Dixie, double-four timeYou feel alright when you hear the music ring [Verse 2]Well, now you step insideBut you don’t…
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Out on the Wire
Out on the Wire by the Sweeplings My body is breaking downOut here on the wireAnd I can’t turn back nowCause if I stay I’ll die here Is anybody listeningAnybody anybody wishing we could walk awayIs anybody laughingAnybody will anybody fight for thisWe should walk away My body is breaking downOut here on the wireAnd…
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Sommerset by Leo
Leo was an Indie Rock Band from the early 2000s. My oldest son, Ian, was their front man, lyricist, and lead guitarist. This selection is from their album, Nightmares. Sommerset by LeoLyrics by Ian Eddy Staring down the roadI wonder where it’s gonna end this timeAnother episodeIt’s just a sequel to the one I left…
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Tangled up in Blue
Tangled up in Blue by Bob Dylan Early one morning, the sun was shiningI was laying in bedWondering if she’d changed it allIf her hair was still red Her folks, they said, our lives togetherSure was gonna be roughThey never did like mama’s homemade dressPapa’s bankbook wasn’t big enough And I was standing on the…
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The Circle Game
The Circle Game by Joni Mitchell Yesterday a child came out to wonderCaught a dragonfly inside a jarFearful when the sky was full of thunderAnd tearful at the falling of a star Then the child moved ten times round the seasonsSkated over ten clear frozen streamsWords like when you’re older must appease himAnd promises of…
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Lady in Black by Uriah Heep
Lady in Black by Uriah Heep She came to me one morningOne lonely Sunday morningHer long hair flowingIn the midwinter wind. I know not how she found meFor in darkness I was walkingAnd destruction lay around meFrom a fight I could not win Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-ahAh, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah She asked me name my foe…
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My Silver Lining by First Aid Kit
First Aid Kid is a sister duo from Stockholm My Silver Lining by First Aid Kit I don’t want to wait anymore I’m tired of looking for answersTake me some place where there’s music and there’s laughterI don’t know if I’m scared of dying but I’m scared of living too fast, too slowRegret, remorse, hold…
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The Ghost of Tom Joad
THE GHOST OF TOM JOAD by Bruce Springsteen Men walking ‘long the railroad tracksGoing someplace and there’s no going backHighway patrol choppers coming up over the ridgeHot soup on a campfire under the bridgeShelter line stretching ’round the cornerWelcome to the new world orderFamilies sleeping in their cars in the southwestNo home, no job, no…
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Far Afghanistan by James Taylor
Far Afghanistan by James Taylor Back home, Indiana, we just learn to get alongCivilized and socialized, they teach you right from wrongHow to hold your liquor and how to hold your tongueHow to hold a woman or a baby or a gun But nothing will prepare you for the far AfghanistanYou can listen to their…
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Death to My Hometown – Bruce Sprinsteen
Death to My Hometown by Bruce Springsteen Oh, no cannonballs did fly, no rifles cut us downNo bombs fell from the sky, no blood soaked the groundNo powder flash blinded the eye, no deathly thunder soundBut just as sure as the hand of God, they brought death to my hometownThey brought death to my hometownNo…
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