Fix what’s wrong, but don’t rewrite what the artist wrote. Stick to the official released version — album booklet, label site, verified lyric video, etc. If you’re guessing, pause and double-check.

Respect the structure

Songs have rhythm. Pages do too. Leave line breaks where they belong. Don’t smash things together or add extra empty space just for looks.

Punctuation counts (but vibe-editing doesn’t)

Correct typos? Yes. Re-punctuating a whole verse because it ‘looks better’? Probably not. Keep capitalization and punctuation close to the official source.

Don’t mix versions

If you’re editing the explicit version, keep it explicit. If it’s the clean version, keep it clean. No mashups.

Let the lyrics be lyrics

This isn’t the place for interpretations, memories, stories, or trivia — that’s what comments are for. Keep metadata, translations, and bracketed stage directions out unless they’re officially part of the song.

Edit lightly

If two lines are wrong… fix the two lines. No need to bulldoze the whole page. Think ‘surgical,’ not ‘remix.’

When in doubt, ask the crowd

Not sure what they’re singing in that fuzzy bridge? Drop a question in the comments and let the music nerds swarm. Someone always knows.

aniota

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2002-01-13 19:31:10

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by TheSilverNoble

19y ago

It's an interesting ending to Radio City. I think I read this on allmusicguide.com, but I still think it was very interesting. Almost all of the songs on Radio City (which were written by Chilton, save for Way out West and parts of two others) are confused and strained... Chilton doesn't know how he feels, or is torn up about something. Look at bAck of a Car, September Gurls, Daisy Glaze, etc. When you keep that in mind, the deceptivly simple lines "I didn't know I could feel this way" and such have new meaning, because you get a better perspective on how he's felt about other girls and other relationships. Some of that is lost as a stand alone song, but it's still simple and sweet. I'm trying to learn to play it, but I have no musical talent.

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by thelight

19y ago

Previous comments are great. Sometimes you might asked: “How do you know when you are really in love?”. I think the best answer could be to say go listen to this song. A real love is simple and blissful… and Alex Chilton tells it like it is.

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by jsaul

16y ago

I think this song is referenced in the Replacements' song "Alex Chilton"

"'I'm in love', what's that song? I'm in love with that song"

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by billbones

21y ago

This song is a simplistic ode to love. Sometimes everything is terrible but every once in awhile you see everything completely clearly. Alex Chilton was describing the kind of girl that makes you want to be a better person. This is a great way to end an album.

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by majestikmoose9

20y ago

This song is very simple, but it's also a bit eerie. Maybe it's just the way Alex Chilton's voice sounds. It is a wonderful little song though.

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by anjroo14

12y ago

First off, I'm In Love With This Song. I've been getting really into old 70s rock like Television, The Modern Lovers, Jonathan Richman, and of course VU. I really wanted to hear a good love song from this era and genre and found Big Star to be contemporaries to Tele and The Modern Lovers, so I downloaded Radio City. This song played and it hit me like an arrow, It was just what I was looking for to hear.

This song is so pure and lovely and full of passion. He is singing about finding love and how unbelievable it is to him the feelings, being with this girl, he feels lucky and thankful.

The girl makes him want to be a better man ( All that a man should do, is true)

I will sing this song to her.

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