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The Rolling Stones – She's A Rainbow Lyrics 15 years ago
This song is about period sex.


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The Rolling Stones – Sweet Black Angel Lyrics 15 years ago
lyric correction:

not a red lovin' school mom


should be:

not a red lovin' schoolmarm

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Johnny Flynn – Wayne Rooney Lyrics 16 years ago
Lyric correction:

You're one of those elephant hunters from Ebbsfleet.
Primordial soup of a man.


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Ryan Adams – Nobody Girl Lyrics 16 years ago
It's about Winona guys.


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Yo La Tengo – We're An American Band Lyrics 16 years ago
these lyrics are very wrong

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Destroyer – The Bad Arts Lyrics 16 years ago
It's a play on a Joy Division lyric. The original lyric (from "Disorder") is "I've got the spirit / but lose the feeling". He turned it into an inspirational coda.

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Bob Dylan – I Want You Lyrics 16 years ago
The last stanza is very clearly about Brian Jones, in reference to his relationship with Anita Pallenberg and NOT Edie Sedgwick.

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The Velvet Underground – I'm Waiting for the Man Lyrics 16 years ago
I'm feeling good. I'm feeling so fine...
until tomorrow, but that's just some other time.



Perfection.

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The Rolling Stones – Moonlight Mile Lyrics 16 years ago
No it isn't and no it isn't.

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The National – Blank Slate Lyrics 16 years ago
The first time he definitely says:

"Gonna jump out of a cake with my heart on a string"


but the second time it sounds a lot more like:

"Gonna jump out of a cake with my hard-on and sing"

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Pavement – Grounded Lyrics 16 years ago
Also it's:


He TRAIPSED around the table...

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Pavement – Grounded Lyrics 16 years ago
I'm pretty sure it's actually:


He FOALED a swollen daughter in a sauna....



To "foal" means to give birth.

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Pavement – The Hexx Lyrics 16 years ago
Yeah, it's missing:


THE HEXX!!!

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Gillian Welch – I Dream A Highway Lyrics 16 years ago
you be Emmylou and I'll be Gram

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Gillian Welch – April the 14th (Part 1) Lyrics 16 years ago
The 3 major events referenced in the song occurring on April 14th:

1865: The assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth.

1912: The sinking of the Titanic after striking an iceberg, resulting in the death of 1,517 people.

1935: "Black Sunday" - The worst dust bowl storm ever, resulting in the residents of the region fleeing for other areas (many went to California).


Also referenced in the song is Casey Jones, who famously saved the lives of many passengers by remaining on his train as it crashed in order to slow it down, thus killing himself. This event (coincidentally most likely) also occurred in April, though on the 30th, not the 14th. The line "God Moves on the Water" actually comes from an old song (its title being the same) by Blind Willie Johnson, which is about the Titanic. I wonder if the bit about the concert in Idaho is self-referential. Possibly.


Anyway, incredible song on an incredible album.

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Belle & Sebastian – Mayfly Lyrics 19 years ago
You can definitely hear a big connection from songs like this and newer material. With different production this song could have easily been on DCW or TLP.

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Belle & Sebastian – Lazy Line Painter Jane Lyrics 19 years ago
"have a boy/girl" is a sexual reference

"dose of thrush" is a VD

"licking railings" is giving head

all these are obvious. THE REAL QUESTION IS WHAT KIND OF BOOTS COME WITH BOOKS ABOUT STD's?

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Belle & Sebastian – Slow Graffiti Lyrics 19 years ago
This is one of my top 5 or so favorite songs of all time and I am dumbfounded that it has no comments. Lyrics don't get much better than those first 3 stanzas..

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Belle & Sebastian – The State I Am In Lyrics 20 years ago
jesusaurous your point is (of course) only correct if you are talking about the version from Tigermilk. The lyrics are correct for the superior version from the Dog on Wheels EP.

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