Tag: Lyrics
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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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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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Cotton Eye Joe
The Sweeplings LyricsCotton Eye Joe Where did he go? If it hadn’t been for Cotton-Eye JoeI’d been married long time agoWhere did you come from? Where did you go?Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe? He came in to town like a raging stormHe rode through the fields so handsome and strongHis eyes was his…
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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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