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| Harry Nilsson – Daddy's Song Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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Although often mistaken for a happy, sentimental pop song by those who don't listen past the first verse, this is a bitter song about Harry's feelings of abandonment after his own father left him as a small child.
At the end, he vows not to do the same to his own son, but of course (as predicted more accurately in the song 1941), he did in the end. |
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| Randy Newman – God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind) Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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This is not a bitter song, nor a criticism of God, but rather a critique of the unwavering devotion he gets, despite showing no particular devotion in return. The statement is more or less that man needs God to exist, regardless of if he really does. |
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| Randy Newman – Sandman's Coming Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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A lullaby from mother to daughter. This was originally written for a character who was about to sell her baby for drug money in Cop Rock, and later repurposed in Faust as a mother singing to her dead infant. |
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| The Vaselines – Slushy Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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I don't think it's about a one night stand, just a chance encounter with someone that never went anywhere at all. |
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