 Genius Lyrics
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Alabama Shakes – Joe
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Using traveling as a metaphor for hopping from bad relationship to bad relationship, the band tells a classic unrequited love story in which the storyteller wants nothing more than
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Alabama Shakes – Gemini
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The song is a reference to the Greek myth of Castor and Pollux, also known as the constellation Gemini.
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Alabama Shakes – Someday
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[Verse 1] / Someday / Has come today / Everything I believe / It really happenin' / I'd like a friend / I come from a place where / Everything I can dream / Angels, make-believe
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Alabama Shakes – Hold On
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The debut single from the Alabama Shakes, hailing from you guessed it, Athens, Alabama. “Hold On” was symbolic of the phenomenon that the band became in 2012, as the song was well
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Alabama Shakes – Miss You
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According to an interview with Q Magazine, this song is about a couple who are addicted to crystal meth.
“It’s like a love story set in this really f–ked relationship that deals
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Alabama Shakes – Guess Who
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[Verse 1] / I can't tell you how I feel, but I do / Those things they say can't get to me, but they do / I don't see the sky as blue, as you do / Should I fantasize? There must be
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Alabama Shakes – The Greatest
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[Spoken Intro] / Check - check this out / And a-five, six, seven, eight / [Verse 1] / Well, I never meant to be the greatest / I only ever want to be your baby / Life is perfect in
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Alabama Shakes – Shoegaze
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[Verse 1] / Can't wait for night to come / That's when the fun really begins / My band cools off when that day is done / And then I tuck myself in / [Chorus] / It ain't no fun to
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Alabama Shakes – Be Mine
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DECLARATION FOR YOUR LOVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH9v1WEv5FM
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Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
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“Sound & Color,” the title track from the Shakes' sophomore album, shares more than an ampersand with the band’s debut Boys & Girls, which marked the Athens, Alabama group with a “
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Alabama Shakes – Dunes
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The third track on Sound & Color, about someone’s spiral out of control in response to the end of a souring relationship.
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Alabama Shakes – Don't Wanna Fight
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“Don’t Wanna Fight”, the lead single from soul-rockers Alabama Shakes' sophomore album, Sound & Color, focuses on a relationship marred by constant struggles set to a blues-rock
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Alabama Shakes – Future People
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[Verse 1] / Some want to see / Those who've gone above / Friends that they've lost / People they love / I'd rather meet / The me down the road / To lead me through the fog / Wouldn
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Alabama Shakes – I Found You
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[Verse 1] / This isn't sometimes / Yeah, it's for always / If I'm gonna love you with all of my heart / And if there is no more time / This always remains / Even as the world spins
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Alabama Shakes – Heartbreaker
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[Chorus] / How was I supposed to know you was a heartbreaker? / I didn't know, I couldn't know / Now I'm laying on this killing floor, and I wanna die / [Verse 1] / Listen / How I
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Alabama Shakes – I Ain't the Same
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[Verse 1] / Well, I've been going through the motions / Wonder if anyone can see / That I been looking for something / Have you been looking for me? / [Chorus] / I ain't the same
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Alabama Shakes – Hang Loose
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[Verse 1] / Don't worry, sweet baby! / Don't you ever worry about a thing / Put them worries on the shelf and learn to love yourself / Don't be your own worst enemy / [Chorus
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Alabama Shakes – Rise to the Sun
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[Verse 1] / All I believe in is a dream / I haunt the Earth, though I am fully seen / In all my years, I've never felt more sure than now / Well, I got to get off this rock
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Alabama Shakes – Drive By Baby
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[Verse 1] / I see you're skinny, and I've never seen you here before / Well come on baby / You've got my attention / Come on, and getcha some more / You get me first / Feeling that
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Alabama Shakes – Always Alright
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After debuting their first album, Boys & Girls in 2012, which critics and fans believe was the best rock album of the year, Alabama Shakes released this song for academy award
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Alabama Shakes – On Your Way
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Brittany Howard has stated that this song is about her sister Jaime, who died of cancer at only 13 years old.
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Alabama Shakes – You Ain't Alone
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[Verse 1] / You ain't alone, so why you lonely? / There you go on the dark end of the street / Are you scared to tell somebody how you feel about somebody? / Are you scared what
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Alabama Shakes – Mama
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[Verse 1] / Ooo-oo-oo Mama / Why you workin' so hard? / Oh does it do you good / That [?] you workin' so hard / Well all he ever thought no matter goddamns gonna be here right now
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Alabama Shakes – Heat Lightning
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[Verse 1] / Well it felt like heat lightning struck me / When you walked into the room / My God, it hit so suddenly / I didn't know what I should do / I felt like I wanted to
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Alabama Shakes – This Feeling
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[Verse 1] / I just kept hoping, I just kept hoping / The way would become clear / I spent all this time / Try'na play nice / And fight my way here / [Pre-Chorus] / See, I've been
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Alabama Shakes – Makin' Me Itch
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[Verse 1] / Well do you know how hard it is for me to talk to other boys / Your in the back of mind, I knew you're divine / I think I've got no choice but to love you / Oh you, you
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Alabama Shakes – Heavy Chevy
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A bonus track on their first album, Boys and Girls.
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Alabama Shakes – Goin' to the Party
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This song is on the band’s album Boys & Girls. In this song Brittany is saying how she is always there for her man, and takes care of him, because she enjoys the thrill she gets
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Alabama Shakes – Gimme All Your Love
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[Verse 1] / So much is going on / But you can always come around / Why don't you sit with me, for just a little while? / Tell me, what's wrong? / [Chorus] / If you'd just give me
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Alabama Shakes – Always Alright (Live At KCRW)
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[Verse 1] / Well you come upstairs but not to talk / You stay a little while then you do a little walk on home / I hear you downstairs smoking cigarettes / I hear you talking - / '
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Alabama Shakes – Don't Wanna Fight (Live from Capitol Studio A)
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[Intro] / One, two, three, four / [Verse 1] / Ooh, your lines, my lines / Don't cross them lines / What you like, what I like / Why can't we both be right? / Attacking, defending
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Alabama Shakes – Over My Head
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Brittany Howard told Consequence of Sound that this is her favorite song on the record. It’s a soulful, resonant ballad that explores the idea of being aware of love at all times
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Alabama Shakes – I Ain't the Same (iTunes Session)
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[Verse 1] / Well, I've been going through the motions / Wonder if anyone can see / That I been looking for somethin' / Why, have you been looking for me? Yeah / [Chorus] / Well, I
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Alabama Shakes – Killer Diller Blues
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Whether they're perfect or not, I don't know / I may have transposed some of them here and there / You're welcome to check it and correct it yourself / Take it or leave it: / Well
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Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
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When lead singer, Brittany Howard was a teenager, she was mocked for having a boy for a best friend. This comment has since shaped her way of life and the friendships she’s made
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