 Genius Lyrics
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Billy Squier – The Stroke
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Like The Violent Femmes‘ “Blister in the Sun”, Billy Idol’s “Dancing with Myself”, and The Vapors’ “Turning Japanese”, this song’s writer stridently denies that it’s about
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Billy Squier – In The Dark
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Life isn't easy from the singular side / Down in the hole, some emotions are hard to hide / It's your decision, it's a chance that you take / It's on your head, it's a habit that's
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Billy Squier – Emotions In Motion
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[Intro] / One, two, three, four / Hey! / Bend your back by the light o' the sun / You come to the business--you're the number one, ooo yeah / When twilight comes you're a runner in
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Billy Squier – Whadda You Want from Me
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Down in the dungeon I'm havin' a hard time / And I get my love on condition and my Dewar's without lime / And up in the tower you're countin' the fault lines / I say, I am who I am
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Billy Squier – Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You
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[Chorus: Billy Squier & MTV Chorus] / Christmas is the time to say "I love you" / Share the joys of laughter and good cheer / Christmas is the time to say "I love you" / And a
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Billy Squier – She's A Runner
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Take my soul to the lost-and-found / That girl, she made me a hand-me-down / Never know when she'll come around or what I'll see / No resistance--it's hardly fair / Call my name
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Billy Squier – Everybody Wants You
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[Verse 1] / You see 'em comin' at you every night / Strung on pretension, they fall for you at first sight, mmm / You know their business, you think it's a bore / They make you
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Billy Squier – Lonely Is the Night
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Billy Squier wrote this song about being alone in a room, perhaps a hotel room on a tour, and not knowing anyone in the town, or anything to do:
‘Lonely Is The Night’ for example
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Billy Squier – (Another) 1984
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From over the air comes a voice without care / Says we're doin' all right / But day out and day in from what he's been sayin' / We're in for a fight / I glance at myself and the
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Billy Squier – Rock Me Tonite
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“Rock Me Tonite” was both a blessing and a curse for Squier. It remains his highest-charting song, peaking at #15 in September 1984, and it made the album Signs Of Life his third
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Billy Squier – My Kinda Lover
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[Verse 1] / You got me runnin', baby / You give me somethin' way beyond revenue / You put the magic in me / I feel the magic when we do what we do / And, oh / I can't do without
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Billy Squier – Calley Oh
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I thought I knew the story / I thought I'd seen it all / Those days of love and glory / But now I hear you call / Calley Oh / See, there's nowhere to hide / Calley Oh / I can feel
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Billy Squier – Happy Blues
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Squier / I don't wanna be happy / If happy means I got to be like you / I don't wanna be happy / If happy means I got to be like you / Wake up in the mornin' / Try to satisfy
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Billy Squier – All Night Long
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[Intro] / (Don'tcha wanna live?) / (Don'tcha wanna live?) / (Don'tcha wanna live?) / …Night / (Don'tcha wanna live?) / Ow! / I get up / I run through the world like a fire / Heat
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Billy Squier – Too Daze Gone
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Walkin' through the streets just the other day / Caught up in the traffic--I can never get away / Runnin' here, runnin' there / No satisfaction anywhere / I do my work--ain't
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Billy Squier – Nobody Knows
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I may get around, I may laugh a lot / Now you'd think that I'd be happy with the life I got / Nobody knows, nobody sees / And nobody really knows the inner side of me / I might
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Billy Squier – G.O.D.
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I been searchin' for so long / For a love to fill my life--soldier me on / Feel the hunger in my blood / As I walk into the fire I can't get enough / Where, oh where can I find You
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Billy Squier – Young Girls
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I could love you where you lie, whatcha want me to do / You don't even have to try always somebody new / Never sure what your talkin' about / Never wantin' to be left out / 'Cause
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Billy Squier – Eye on You
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I watch you on the TV--you're with me every place I go / I'm caught up in the daydream--I'm into everyone you know / Turn on the action--grab every minute / Learn every lesson--
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Billy Squier – Fall for Love
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You know sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night... / And I get to thinkin' about all the crazy things we do in life just to get by... / And somehow somethin' always seems
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Billy Squier – The Big Beat
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I got the big beat / I hear the sound / I got the big beat / I get on down / I hear the big beat / All through the town / I got the big beat / I get around / There's no time for
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Billy Squier – The Pursuit Of Happiness
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Squier / If you want love / You gotta love somebody / If you wanna be happy / Stand in line / If you're feelin' lost / You better find somebody / And if you're lookin' for truth
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Billy Squier – More Than Words Can Say
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Squier / More than words can say / Or the sweetest song that I can play / More than words can say / I love you now / More than you may know / From the simple ways I try to show you
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Billy Squier – Long Way To Fall
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Squier / Off in the land of heroes and fables / A man would not think to decline / Wrapped in your arms I'd climb any mountain / But that's only half the climb / Follow the
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Billy Squier – Don't Say No
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We live in confusion times---my world is a vice / Nobody gets out alive...but you can break through the ice / Don't say no / My wounds are the open kind---I bleed every day / I
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Billy Squier – River
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Squier / It's comin' on twilight, and all the world's at ease / They're pullin' down the curtains, sailin' off to sweet release / Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on
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Billy Squier – Who Knows What a Love Can Do
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It's a wrong side of town kinda love / We let ourselves get into / People try to change this world / Around me and you / We gotta try, try a bit harder / If what they say is true
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Billy Squier – Everybody Wants You (Live)
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You see 'em coming at you every night / Strung on pretension, they fall for you at first sight / You know their business, you think it's a bore / They make you restless, it's
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Billy Squier – Lonely Is The Night - 2010 - Remaster
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Lonely is the night when you find yourself alone / Your demons come to light and your mind is not your own / Lonely is the night when there's no one left to call / You feel the
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Billy Squier – Time Bomb
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I'm sittin' on a time-bomb / The world is like a time-bomb / And it's about to explode... / There once was a young boy...a modestly done boy / Who seemed pretty normal on sight
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Billy Squier – Shake Down
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Rock, rock, never stop, take your passion to the top / Rock, rock, never stop, don't stop, don't drop / The strangers in the darkness, this passion for the fight / An obsession
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Billy Squier – On Your Own
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In every heart there comes a time / You find yourself, you speak your mind / On your own / No man can lead two separate lives / One castle keep, one will decide / It's not right
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Billy Squier – Break the Silence
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Turn through the pages back in your life / The world in changes got you under the knife / It don't turn easy...no matter what you say / You go 'round crazy...you throw it all away
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Billy Squier – Hand-Me-Downs
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Look to your left--look to your right / Look to yourself--look for a fight / If looks could kill, I'd be dead on sight / Oo yea--you're dynamite / Pushin' yourself--think you're so
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Billy Squier – Don't Say You Love Me
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[Intro] / Don't, don't, don't, don't say you love me / Yeah / You can't get up / You can't get down / You can't sit still / You never settle down / Don't say you love me / Just say
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Billy Squier – Tied Up
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In the heart of the night you come on like fire / In the light of dawn leave me cold and tired / When you think of love / Tell me what you see / And when you dream, do ya dream of
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Billy Squier – Til It's Over
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It's not over til it's over...it's not over til the end / It's not over til it's over...so we struggle to pretend / Hesitation makes you over...we all walk in our own way / Shadows
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Billy Squier – Lonely One
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Light in the window but out in the night it's a cold world / Locked on collision--wrong over right between boy and girl / Call it the fashion--but can you deny your vices are one
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Billy Squier – The Girl's All Right
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Got myself a woman...or I should say I try / To keep the faith 'fore it gets too late / Hold her down when she wants to fly / Always tryin' to tell me...how it ought to be / And if
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Billy Squier (Ft. Freddie Mercury) – Love Is the Hero (12'’ Verison)
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Love is the hero / Soldier forever / Life below zero / Never say never / Never say never / Never say never, say never / There is a course in life, so all the teachers say / It
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Billy Squier – Shocked Straight
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And so the knife comes down...another curtain falls / And no one hears the sound...and no one takes the call / From me and my anxiety...locked up in these four walls / I come to
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Billy Squier – Stronger
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I will live for you--I want you to believe in me / Cause I believe in you--I know how strong the fire can be / I been searchin' all my life / To find a cause worth fightin' for
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Billy Squier – All We Have to Give
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I see the world around me...I feel the joy and pain / I hear the sound of silence...and laughter in the rain / Now some things may control us...but some things we can do / Wherever
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Billy Squier – I Need You
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I rise at the break of day--your smile sets me on my way / I need you / See the light shinin' in your eyes--see the hopes that I realize / For you / I am alone...my odds are long
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