Tag: Lyrics
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Wild Thing
Wild Thing Reached No. 1 on Billboard for several weeks in 1966 for The Troggs [Chorus]Wild thingYou make my heart singYou make everything groovyWild thing [Verse 1]Wild thing, I think I love youBut I wanna know for sureCome on, hold me tight!I love you[Instrumental Break] [Chorus]Wild thingYou make my heart singYou make everything groovyWild thing…
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From This Valley
From This Valley by The Civil Wars Oh the desert dreams of a riverThat will run down to the seaLike my heart longs for an oceanTo wash down over me Oh won’t you take me from this valleyTo that mountain high aboveOh I will pray, pray, pray till I see your smiling faceI will pray,…
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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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Nathan La Franeer by Joni Mitchell
Nathan La Franeer by Joni Mitchell I hired a coach to take mefrom confusion to the planeAnd though we shared a common spaceI know I’ll never meet againThe driver with his eyebrows furrowed in the rear-view mirrorI read his name and it was plainly written Nathan La FraneerI asked him would he hurryBut we crawled…
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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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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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