| The Guess Who – Clap For The Wolfman Lyrics | 1 month ago |
| @[heyjude55:54840] the Wolfman’s heyday was in the early 1960s, as memorialized in American Graffiti. | |
| Marty Robbins – El Paso Lyrics | 2 months ago |
| He should have shot Felina instead. | |
| The Beach Boys – Wouldn't It Be Nice Lyrics | 5 months ago |
| @[donutbandit:54092] good observation. That makes the lyrics even more poignant. | |
| Harry Nilsson – Everybody's Talkin' Lyrics | 5 months ago |
| @[Skyroamer:54016] what an interesting perspective! Thanks! | |
| Loretta Lynn – Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) Lyrics | 6 months ago |
| Husband who comes home wanting sex after he’s been out late drinking with the boys. His wife isn’t having it. | |
| Al Stewart – On The Border Lyrics | 6 months ago |
| @[AzRunner:53831] that line still gives me chills! | |
| Carly Simon – Haven't Got Time For The Pain Lyrics | 6 months ago |
| Based on her memoir Boys in the Trees, she wrote this for her therapist, who taught her to walk away from depression. | |
| Patience and Prudence – Tonight You Belong to Me Lyrics | 7 months ago |
| She gets together—briefly—with an ex-boyfriend for whom she still pines. I see this as a very sad song. | |
| The Who – Pictures Of Lily Lyrics | 8 months ago |
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@[Icelander:53501] yes, the pictures are of Lillie Langtry, a beautiful and famous British actress at the turn of the century. |
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| The Crystals – He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss) Lyrics | 9 months ago |
| I used to work in a domestic violence shelter and you’d be amazed how often I heard women say this kind of thing. And that was in the 1980s! | |
| The Association – Everything That Touches You Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| I can imagine this being by a singer/songwriter who has been writing and singing about love, but it was all imagined—theoretical—until he met a woman who made it all come true. | |
| Peter, Paul and Mary – I Dig Rock and Roll Music Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| @[theprynce:52714] might be a “whaling” song. Songs about the whalers were a common folk theme. | |
| Clint Holmes – Playground in My Mind Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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Am I the only one who thinks this sounds like a pedophile’s anthem? |
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| The Clash – Wrong 'em Boyo Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| @[sabresfanwp7:52449] It's a dice game--craps. | |
| The Beatles – Taxman Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| @[Wyrm:52253] I want to keep the money I earned. The government wants to take my money that they didn’t earn. And I’m greedy. Hmm. | |
| Marty Robbins – Big Iron Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| Check out the cover of this song done by Mike Ness of the band Social Distortion. | |
| Marty Robbins – El Paso Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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@[VictoriaLee:52037] interesting idea, but he was shot by a posse before he even got to the cantina, so it couldn’t have been Felina. |
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| Gordon Lightfoot – The Pony Man Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| I sing this to my horse when I’m leading him to and from his pasture. | |
| The Marshall Tucker Band – Desert Skies Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| I sing this to my horse as I ride. | |
| Don McLean – General Store Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| This is a chilling song. | |
| Robyn Hitchcock – Linctus House Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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This whole disc is amazing. When it was released I had just had an abrupt and painful breakup with someone I’d been close to for a very long while, and we were attempting to be casual friends. It didn’t work. This song describes that feeling with excruciating accuracy. |
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| Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight? Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| Trivia: I heard (where?) that Elvis recorded this with the lights off because he wanted that atmosphere in the studio. If you listen carefully you can hear one of the singers bump into the mic stand. | |
| Elvis Presley – (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| This was the song the local DJ played right after announcing Elvis’ death. I was in my car. I remember it so distinctly even now. | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival – Down On The Corner Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| @jdog40 In a smaller town the courthouse is usually at the center of town. I'm picturing these kids playing at the courthouse square. | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cotton Fields Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| @victoryfields It's cotton bolls. The boll is the mature product of the cotton plant. | |
| Jan & Dean – The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| I once was on a flight from Chicago to LA and the flight attendants had a little trivia contest. The question was, what kind of car did the Little Old Lady from Pasadena drive? I won a bottle of wine on that one. | |
| Tracy Chapman – Fast Car Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| @dontwaitforme Choosing the same kind of man that her father was. | |
| Cher – Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| @[TamaChan:50034] Cher is half Armenian and I'm not aware of any Romani lineage on the other half. | |
| Graham Parker – Temporary Beauty Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| Given the current obsession with plastic surgery, this song is even more poignant than when it was first written. Well done, Graham. | |
| Jethro Tull – Hunting Girl Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| @Zorban99 Plus, spur necks the size of one's thumb would be damned aggressive spurs! | |
| Jethro Tull – For Michael Collins, Jeffrey, And Me Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| @Ministry Bingo! Great explanation. | |
| Paul Simon – He Was My Brother Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| This is about Andrew Goodman, who was murdered in Mississippi in 1964, along with James Chaney and Michael Schwerner. They were part of the Freedom Riders who worked in Mississippi to encourage voter registration amongst the Black community that summer. I believe Paul Simon knew him from school, so the raw emotion in his singing is very powerful. | |
| The Raspberries – Go All The Way Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| He was a mean nasty guy then he lost his virginity and that fixed him. Or something like that. 🙄 | |
| Nick Drake – Time Has Told Me Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| A number of Nick Drake's beautiful songs--this one included--seem to be about a person he hopes will save him from himself and his depression. ("A troubled cure for a troubled mind.") | |
| Amy Winehouse – Valerie (The Zutons cover) Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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@[tmmeyer5s:48938] I agree its hers. Could it not also be about an old friend with whom she's lost touch, rather than an old lover? |
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| Jethro Tull – Hunting Girl Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| I love the way the guitar captures the rhythm of galloping horses. | |
| Joni Mitchell – Raised On Robbery Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| @[Broken_Arrow:47634] Yes I believe she is. | |
| The Clash – Version City Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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Pay attention to the words that are capitalized—these are all references to musical gear; guitars, amps, etc. I think this song is about the transformative power of music, especially R&B. Jump on and it takes you there. |
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| Sugarloaf – Don't Call Us, We'll Call You Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| The touch tones at the start of the song were the number of CBS. | |
| Richard Thompson – Beeswing Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| @[CallieFaye:46429] great recommendation! | |
| Three Dog Night – Pieces of April Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| @[mcerkas:46424] Interesting! | |
| Leonard Cohen – Chelsea Hotel #2 Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| @[Ricco:46094] could be. Could also be clenching a fist in anger, and fixing yourself ie tidying up after sex. This is the beauty of Cohen’s writing. | |
| Chuck Berry – Memphis, Tennessee Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| What’s so clever about it is, you don’t know until the last line that it’s his daughter. Up to that point it sounds like an ex-wife. | |
| Chuck Berry – Havana Moon Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Kind of hypnotic, I think. | |
| Chuck Berry – Brown Eyed Handsome Man Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| I believe the original lyric was “brown skinned handsome man,” but that was a little touchy for am radio atthe time. | |
| Neil Young – Four Strong Winds Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| @[corvelay:45412] Yes. He's trying to talk her out of joining him because he's ambivalent about the commitment, is how it reads to me. | |
| Bob Dylan – Black Diamond Bay Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| @[StallionintheRift12:45313] Bingo! | |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| @[Jmu:45121] Correct. He's saying "in Birmingham THEY love the Governor," not WE love the Governor, and "We all did what we could do" is saying that many people in Alabama opposed him. I think the line about Watergate is saying, "If you opposed Nixon, do you still hold yourself responsible for Watergate? Of course not!" | |
| Jan Bradley – Mama Didn't Lie Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| An early feminist anthem! Go, girls! | |
| Gordon Lightfoot – On Susan's Floor Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| There's always someone who takes in struggling musicians and gives them a place to stay and a hot meal, especially when they're touring. I think this describes such a person. | |
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