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| Patti Smith – Because the Night Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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Here Here! (Hear Hear?) Patti Smith's album Horses has been one of my very favorites since I was about 7 years old (uhh..about 26 years ago!) and my big sister used to sing Kimberly to me. Her lyrics are amazing--a true poet! |
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| David Gray – Shine Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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When I first read the lyrics to this song (I read it before I heard it) I was blown away. I just KNEW it was inspired by my absolute favorite poem--Ephemera by William Butler Yeats. This poem and many other Yeaets poems can make me cry (no other poet does this for me) and move me more than I can say--the same way DG's songs do. Especially when I'm going through a break up, or falling in love, or feeling nostalgic. A few years later a friend of mine actually met DG and asked him for me if it was inspired by this poem--and he said yes! It was so cool. Anyway--check out the poem and other Yeats poems--you'll see how much DG is inspired by him in many of his songs. Plus Yeats is just amazing on his own... |
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