Genius Lyrics
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Carole King – Where You Lead
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In this and the previous song – You’ve Got a Friend on the album the “story teller” – this time the writer again is Tori Stern, who also wrote the lyrics for It’s Too Late, talks
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Carole King (Ft. Louise Goffin) – Where You Lead I Will Follow
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A reimagined duet version of the original, this recording is most well known for being the theme song of the television show Gilmore Girls. With vocals provided by mother-daughter
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Faith Hill – Where You Lead
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(Carole King/Toni Stern) / Wanting you the way I do / I only want to be with you / And I would go / To the ends of the earth / 'Cause, darling / To me that's what / You're worth
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Barbra Streisand – Where You Lead
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Wanting you the way I do / I only want to be with you / And I would go to the ends of the earth / 'cause darling / To me that's what you're worth / Where you lead, I will follow
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Barbra Streisand – Sweet Inspiration / Where You Lead
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I need your sweet inspiration / I need you here on my mind / Every hour of the day / Without your sweet inspiration / The lonely hours of the night / Just don't go my way / Wanting
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Carole King – Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
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Carole is frequently asked about these lyrics, which portray the uncertainty of a young woman dealing with sex. However, they were written by her then-husband, Gerry Goffin. King
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Carole King – Tapestry
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The song that is also the albums title.
Per Carole King:
just sort of happened, that I had started a needlepoint tapestry a few months before we did the album, and I happened to
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Carole King – Someone Who Believes in You
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When there's a dark storm your horizon / And you think you can't get through it / Just put your hand in my hand / And I'll show you how to do it / When your future looks uncertain
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Merry Clayton – Oh No, Not My Baby (with Carole King)
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When my friends told me you had someone new / I didn't believe a single word was true / I showed them all, I had faith in you / I just kept on saying / Oh no, not my baby / Oh no
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Carole King – You've Got a Friend
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Written in 1969 by Carole King and included in her Grammy winning and Album of the Year (1972) Tapestry. It was written for her fellow co-workers, married couple, Cynthia Weil and
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Carole King – Wasn’t Born to Follow
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You think you know a song, and then you hear it by the songwriter. This is a bluegrass spiritual to mother nature. It features Mark Maniscalco on banjo and King on piano, and it
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Bobby Vinton – Halfway to Paradise
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I want to be your lover / But your friend is all I've stayed / I'm only halfway to paradise / So near, yet so far away / I long for your lips to kiss my lips / But just when I
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Carole King – Oh No Not My Baby (2001)
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[Verse 1] / When my friends told me you had someone new / I didn't believe a single word was true / I showed them all I had faith in you / I just kept on saying / [Chorus] / Oh, no
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Carole King – No Easy Way Down
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[Verse 1] / Your toy balloon has sailed in the sky / But now it must fall to the ground / Now your sad eyes reveal / Just how badly you feel / 'Cause there is no easy way down / [
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Carole King – Labyrinth
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What do you think, are we gonna stay lost in the maze / Of mind games and power plays / Or are we gonna take the chance of a lifetime / To see the light of day / What'll we see
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Carole King – Oh No Not My Baby
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[Verse 1] / When my friends told me you had someone new / I didn't believe a single word was true / I showed them all I had faith in you / I just kept on saying / [Chorus] / Oh, no
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Carole King – No Easy Way Down (Live)
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[Intro] / I want you to see that I have a left side. / This is a song that has been recorded by, uh, such notables as Dusty Springfield and Barbra Streisand and Laura Nyro. A fine
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Carole King – Beautiful
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The albums fifth song could have been easily placed in the end – having the positive message that everything is beautiful – if we make it so.
Upbeat tempo, with prominent musical
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Carole King – (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
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The hit song written by Carole King and husband-writing partner Gerry Goffin in 1967 specifically for Aretha Franklin.
This intimate song closes the story in this very intimate
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Desmond Dekker – Halfway to Paradise
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I want to be your lover / But your friend is all I've stayed / I'm only halfway to paradise / So near, yet so far away / I long for your lips to kiss my lips / But just when I
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