| Caravan – Golf Girl Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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The original lyrics: Her name was Pat And we sat under a tree She kissed me kissed my 3 kisses .. she became my missus we had a son and he's only one. I've been to gigs where the band have introduced Pat to us before playing the song. |
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| Led Zeppelin – Hats Off to (Roy) Harper Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Great song and I love Roy Harper - I remember a great interview with Page and Harper sitting on a hill in Wales, both out their heads! | |
| Barenaked Ladies – Tonight Is The Night I Fell Asleep At The Wheel Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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"It's NOT a love song. He's saying the girl is the last thing he's worried about. You're the last thing that's on my mind I wish I could tell you the way that I feel I believe he was on his way to break up with her and the ending "You're the last thing on my mind" is him saying, he's still thinking about everything and everyone but her when he dies." Wow, you've really missed the point! There is NOTHING in the song to make you think he is ready to break up. She was the last thing he thought about before dying because he is thinking about her in the song as he is dying and at the end he sings: "as the radio blares and wheels spin, I can see my face slump with a grin, and you" He sees himself dying and her. |
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| Randy Newman – Old Man Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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foreverdrone: he is not saying that to his father, he is saying it to himself. This Randy Newman we are talking about! Lrg8607: I'm not sure about the lie, it could mean he is agreeing with is father: You taught me not to believe that lie (the lie being "god will comfort you") or You taught me not to believe that lie (the lie being "won't be no god will comfort you") |
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| Genesis – Paperlate Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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"its actually what the evening newspaper sellers used to shout in london" Just to clarify - newspapers used to call out: "late paper, late paper, late paper" which could sound like: "paper late" |
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| Paul McCartney – Junk Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Check out Anne Sofie Von Otter & Elvis Costello's album 'for the stars'. It has a track called "Broken Bicycles / Junk" which is a combinations of Junk and Tom Wait's 'Broken Bicycles'. Genius to combine them. | |
| Paul McCartney – Jet Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Mccartney was interviewed on TV and said that Jet was their horse, hence: "Jet! With The Wind In Your Hair Of A Thousand Laces. Climb On The Back And We'll Go For A Ride In The Sky." Then he changed the song to be about a person! |
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| Peter Gabriel – Family Snapshot Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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John Hinkley waiting inside the Dakota entry for Lennon, the other fans have all left, he's been there before..."he shoots into the light." Lennon = "the light", an inspiring icon. ________________________________________________________________________________________________ The song was recorded in 1979, released in May 1980. Lennon was killed in Dec 1980. |
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| Yes – Five Percent for Nothing Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| The title refers to a deal Yes did with their record company: the company bought a PA system for Yes, and in return took 5% of Yes's share of record profits (on top of what the record company got anyway). Hence, Bruford refered to the company getting as 5% for nothing. | |
| David Bowie – All the Young Dudes Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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The original verion (Mott the Hoople had different lyrics. Eg: Bowie sang: Wendy's stealing clothes from unlocked cars though it should be: Wendy's stealing clothes from Marks and Sparks Probably changed because the US would not understand Marks and Sparks . SHame Bowie didn't stick to Mark and Sparks, it is a better lyric, it has more meaning. |
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| Simon and Garfunkel – Homeward Bound Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Pail Somon wrote this while stiing on Widnes station in England returning home. Of course the song has dual 'home' Home to Brentwood (where he was living at the time, and incidentally, where Kathy, mentioned in his songs, lived) and also home to America. | |
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