Tag: Lyrics
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Nowhere in No Time
Nowhere in No Timeby Eilen Jewell Well the shape I’m inI’m a sight for sore eyesBeen rung out and hung outStrung out on the lineAnd all the girls they line upAt the bar downtownEverybody’s waitin’ for somethin’ to go down I’m just passin throughDon’t pay it no mind’I’ll be nowhere in no timeSee the highway…
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This Is The Life
This Is the Lifeby Amy Macdonald Oh, the wind whistles downThe cold dark street tonightAnd the people, they were dancingTo the music vibe And the boys chase the girls with curls in their hairWhile the shy tormented youth sit way over thereAnd the songs get louder each one better than before And you’re singing the…
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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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Killing the Blues
Killing the Bluesby Roly Salley [Verse 1]Leaves were falling just like embersIn colors red and gold, they set us on fireBurning just like a moonbeam in our eyes [Chorus]Somebody said they saw meSwinging the world by the tailBouncing over a white cloudKilling the blues [Verse 2]Now I am guilty of somethingI hope you never do,…
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The Highwayman
The Highwaymanby Loreena Mckennitt The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty treesThe moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon the cloudy seasThe road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moonA highwayman came ridingRiding, ridingA highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door He’d a french cocked hat on his forehead,…
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