Genius Lyrics
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Bob Dylan – My Own Version of You
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Throughout the song, Dylan references creating a person out of disparate parts, perhaps in reference to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
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Bob Dylan – Key West (Philosopher Pirate)
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[Verse 1] / McKinley hollered, McKinley squalled / Doctor said, "McKinley, death is on the wall / Say it to me, if you got something to confess" / I heard all about it, he was
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Adele – Remedy
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“Remedy” was one of the early songs Adele worked on for 25, and she wrote it about her son, Angelo, as well as for other people she loves in her life. “I wrote it about my child
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Adele – Make You Feel My Love
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Bob Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love” is performed by Adele on her debut 19. Despite being the only cover (and the only album track she didn’t write), it’s her favourite song on the
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Bob Dylan – Tomorrow Is a Long Time
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“Tomorrow Is a Long Time” is a song written and recorded by Bob Dylan. Dylan’s version was recorded in 1963 but would only be featured in an album 8 years later (Bob Dylan’s
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Bob Dylan – 'Til I Fell in Love with You (Version 1)
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[Verse 1] / Well, my head's out of order / Ain't taking any calls / You got any messages / Put 'em on the wall / I've been hit too hard / I've seen too much / Nothing around here
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Bob Dylan – When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky (Fast Version - Empire Burlesque Alternate Take)
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[Verse 1] / Look out across the fields, see me returning / Smoke is in your eye, you draw a smile / From the fireplace where my letters to you are burning / You’ve had time to
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Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas Is You
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“All I Want For Christmas Is You” is a holiday classic, and an uptempo love song. Its narrator declares she doesn’t care about Christmas presents or lights; the best holiday
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Bob Dylan – Trust Yourself
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Dylan begging his fans to ignore what he has to say and find their own answers – a plea his biggest supporters have been ignoring since about 1965
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Bobby Darin – I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
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[Verse 1] / Close your eyes, close the door / You don't have to worry any more / 'Cause I'll be your baby tonight / Shut the light, shut the shade / You don't have to be afraid / '
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Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone
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Dylan’s 1965 single “Like a Rolling Stone” is widely considered one of the greatest songs ever recorded. In 2004 the critics at Rolling Stone magazine (whose name was partly Dylan-
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Johnny Cash – It Ain't Me Babe
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This is Johnny Cash’s version of a song made famous by Bob Dylan. Check out the annotations on Dylan’s original version here.
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Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
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By some interpretations, Cohen is in an argument with God. King David’s “hallelujah,” in the book of Psalms, is said to have pleased the Lord. Cohen addresses God: “But you don’t
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Bob Dylan – Farewell
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A demo recorded by Dylan for M. Witmark and Sons in 1963. It’s a version of the traditional folk song “Fare Thee Well” (not to be confused with “Dink’s Song”, which Dylan also
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Bob Dylan – Pay in Blood
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[Verse 1] / Well I'm grinding my life out, steady and sure / Nothing more wretched than what I must endure / I'm drenched in the light that shines from the sun / I could stone you
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Bob Dylan – Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
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When Dylan performed “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” for the first time at the Gaslight Cafe in October 1962, Suze Rotolo – his girlfriend at the time – had already been taking
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Ren Geisick – Spanish Boots of Spanish Leather
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Oh, I’m sailin' away my own true love / I’m a-sailin' away in the morning / Is there somethin' I can send you from across the sea / From the place that I’ll be landing? / No, there
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Bob Dylan – Boots of Spanish Leather (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Oh, I'm sailin' away, my own true love / I'm a-sailin' away in the mornin' / Is there somethin' I can send you from across the sea / From the place that I'll be landin
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Bob Dylan – Sweetheart Like You (Infidels Alternate Take)
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[Verse 1] / Well, the pressure’s down, the boss ain't here / He gone North, for a while / The very last thing he said was, "See you later." / But he did go out in style / By the
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Drake – You Broke My Heart
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[Intro] / Yeah / Yeah / Oh, baby, don't go / Don't go / Look / Look / [Verse 1] / My notepad caught many bodies / Screenshots solved plenty problems / Voice notes bagged plenty
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The Lumineers – Boots of Spanish Leather
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“Boots of Spanish Leather” appears on the Target Deluxe Version of Cleopatra. It was also released to streaming services as a single in late 2016. The song, which was originally
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The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
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This is a Bob Dylan song, originally – if just barely. By 1965, Bob Dylan was so universally regarded as a brilliant lyricist with a terrible voice that record studios were in an
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Bob Dylan – Marchin' to the City (Unreleased version #2)
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Well I'm sitting in church / In an old wooden chair / I knew nobody / Would look for me there / Sorrow and pity / Rule the earth and the skies / Looking for nothing / Anyone's eyes
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alt-J (Ft. Tuka) – House of the Rising Sun (Tuka Version)
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[Verse 1: Tuka] / You called me today, you told me you were gonna die / (Father, father, father) / What was I gonna say? Sorry, I don’t wanna lie / (My father, father, father
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Dylan Owen – Young Skins
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[Verse 1] / Why's it so hard to go, so hard to leave? / To pass on the ghost, to give up the grief? / You're afraid if you do, it'll never stop haunting you / But sadness is a gift
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