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Annie Lennox – No More "I Love You's"
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“No More I Love You’s” was originally written by David Freeman and Joseph Hughes for their band The Lover Speaks. Annie Lennox covered the song in 1995, and it became a mega hit
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Annie Lennox – Why
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“Why” was Annie Lennox’s debut single as a solo artist. The song speaks of a sinking relationship, and explores themes of guilt, regret, and hopelessness. In it, she sings of being
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Annie Lennox – Cold
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Come to me / Run to me / Do and be done with me / (Cold, cold, cold) / Don't I exist for you? / Don't I still live for you? / (Cold, cold, cold) / Everything I possess / Given with
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Annie Lennox – Walking on Broken Glass
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Annie Lennox fans will naturally wonder if “Walking on Broken Glass” refers to her long, tortorous love affair with her ex-Eurythmics partner David Stewart.
“Walking on Broken
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Annie Lennox – I Put a Spell on You
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Annie Lennox covers Screamin' Jay Hawkins' classic, popularized by Nina Simone, tells the story of a women scorned by her man, but still hopeful that her feminine graces will keep
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Annie Lennox – Into the West
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This song is played in the end credits of the third Lord of the Rings movie, The Return of the King when the journey of Frodo and the ring had finally come to a close.
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Annie Lennox – Little Bird
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[Verse 1] / I look up to the little bird / That glides across the sky / He sings the clearest melody / It makes me want to cry / It makes me want to sit right down and cry, cry
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Annie Lennox – Love Song for a Vampire
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[Verse 1] / Come into these arms again / And lay your body down / The rhythm of this trembling heart / Is beating like a drum / [Chorus 1] / It beats for you, it bleeds for you
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Annie Lennox – A Whiter Shade of Pale
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[Verse 1] / We skipped the light Fandango / Turned cartwheels 'cross the floor / I was feeling kind of seasick / But the crowd called out for more / The room was humming harder
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Annie Lennox – Something So Right
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You've got the cool water / When the fever runs high / And you've got the look of love / Right in your eyes / And I was in a crazy motion / Till you calmed me down / It took a
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Annie Lennox – Waiting In Vain
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[Verse 1] / From the very first time I rest my eyes on you, boy / My heart said follow through / But I know now that I'm way down on your line / But the waiting feeling's fine / So
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Annie Lennox – Money Can't Buy It
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She’s got too much of everything, but nothing she needs. The point is, chasing fame and material wealth is a fool’s game.
There’s a great white girl rant in this one that just
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Annie Lennox – Precious
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Precious little angel / Take a look at what you've done / Well I thought my time was over / But it's only just begun / Precious little angel / You're my own sweet turtle dove / Won
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Annie Lennox – Pavement Cracks
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The city streets are wet again with rain / But I'm walking just the same / Skies turn to the usual gray / When you turn to face the day / Oh... and love don't show up in the
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Annie Lennox – Honestly
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The beauty that you gave / Has turned upon itself / And all the things you said / Evaporated / Evaporated... / Was I blind / Deaf and dumb / To the words slipped from your tongue
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Annie Lennox – Sing
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[Intro: The Generics] / This is a call for the national implementation of mother-to-child transmission prevention programme in all the maternity hospitals in South Africa. The song
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Annie Lennox – Georgia on My Mind
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[Verse 1] / Georgia, Georgia / The whole day through / Just an old sweet song / Keeps that Georgia on my mind, oh / [Verse 2] / I said Georgia, Georgia / A song of you / Comes as
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Annie Lennox – Legend in My Living Room
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When I was just seventeen / I ran away from home / To be with all the pretty people / To be on my own, yeah / Bright lights and trains and bedsit stains / And pavements paved with
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Annie Lennox – Dido's Lament
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When I am laid / Am laid in earth / May my wrongs create / No trouble / No trouble in thy breast / When I am laid / Am laid in earth / May my wrongs create / No trouble / No
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Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
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Eurythmics’ bold musical experimentation culminated in “Sweet Dreams”—the fourth single from duo’s second album, and their biggest hit.
When they wrote “Sweet Dreams,” Annie
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Annie Lennox – Thin Line Between Love and Hate
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Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah / Oh oh oh yeah yeah yeah / It's a thin line between love and hate / It's a thin line between love and hate / It's 5 o'clock in the morning / And you just
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Annie Lennox – Wonderful
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I want to have you, 'cause you're all I've got / I don't want to lose you, 'cause it means a lot / All the joy this world can bring / Doesn't give me anything / When you're not
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Annie Lennox – Ladies of the Canyon
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[Verse 1] / Trina wears her wampum beads / She fills her drawing book with line / Sewing lace on widow's weeds / And filagree on leaf and vine / Vine and leaf are filagree / And
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Annie Lennox – Universal Child
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How many mountains must you face before you learn to climb? / I'm gonna give you what it takes, my universal child / I'm gonna try to find a way to keep you safe from harm / I'm
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Annie Lennox – Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
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Every time we say goodbye / I die a little / Every time we say goodbye / I wonder why, a little / Why the gods above me / Who must be in the know / Think so little of me / They
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Annie Lennox – Loneliness
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Loneliness / Is a place that I know well / It's the distance between us / And the space inside ourselves / Emptiness / Is the chattering in your head / It's the call of the living
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Annie Lennox – A Thousand Beautiful Things
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Every day I write the list / Of reasons why I still believe they do exist (a thousand beautiful things) / And even though it's hard to see / The glass as full and not half empty (a
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Annie Lennox – Primitive
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Sweetheart / The sun has set / All red and primitive above our heads / Blood stained on an ageless sky / Wipe your tears and let the salt stains dry / Let them all run dry / All
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Annie Lennox – Requiem for a Private War
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Why do these cold stars burn bright / All these cold stars / Why do these cold stars burn bright / All these cold stars / Bring it on / Bring it on / Bring it on / Nothing will
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Annie Lennox – Don't Let It Bring You Down
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[Verse 1] / Old man lying by the side of the road / With the lorries rolling by / Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load / And the buildings scrape the sky / Cold wind
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Annie Lennox – You Belong to Me
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This song is marked as a romantic pop ballad from the early 1950s. It was written with the envision of an American woman pleading to a sweetheart serving overseas in war. It has
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Annie Lennox – Ghosts in My Machine
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[Verse 1] / Oh come and take this pain away / Oh come and take this pain away / Oh come and set my spirit free / [Chorus] / I've seen too much / I know too much / I hurt too much
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Annie Lennox – Many Rivers to Cross
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Many many rivers to cross / But I can't seem to find my way over / Wandering I am lost / As I travel along the white cliffs of Dover / Many rivers to cross / And it's only my will
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Annie Lennox – Strange Fruit
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“Strange Fruit” is famously performed by the jazz singer Billie Holiday. It was originally a poem that was published in 1937 by Abel Meeropol. The song speaks of American racism
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Annie Lennox – Sweet Dreams (are Made Of This)
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Sweet dreams are made of this / Who am I to disagree? / I travel the world and the seven seas / Everybody's looking for something / Some of them want to use you / Some of them want
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Annie Lennox – Dark Road
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It's a dark road / And a dark way that leads to my house / And the word says / You're never gonna find me there oh no / I've got an open door / It didn't get there by itself / It
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Annie Lennox – September in the Rain
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“September in the Rain,” written in 1937, was originally introduced by James Melton in the film Melody for Two. The song became a standard being recorded by many artists such as
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Annie Lennox – Step by Step
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Step by step / Bit by bit / Stone by stone yeah / Brick by brick / Step by step / Day by day / Mile by mile oooh / Now don't you slip away / Don't you go too far / 'Cause when I
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Annie Lennox – Summertime
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“Summertime” is originally from the popular by the known 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are from the author of the novel, DuBose Heyward, also co-crediting Ira and George
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Annie Lennox – Pattern of My Life
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I like to wake alone / To lie and turn to stone / Comfort me, oh come to me / I won't go on / I like to walk along / To keep my head screwed on / Comfort me, oh come to me / I won'
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Annie Lennox – Oh God (Prayer)
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Oh God... / Where are you now? / And what you gonna do / About the mess I've made / If there was ever a soul to save / It must be me / It must be me / Dear god... / Oh how can I
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