Genius Lyrics
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Don McLean – American Pie
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Don McLean released this groundbreaking song on the album American Pie in 1971. It is full of pop-culture references. An entire website has been created by Jim Fann to explore the
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Don McLean – Vincent (Starry Starry Night)
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Don McLean’s “other” big hit (after American Pie) written about the tragic life and death of Dutch impressionist Vincent van Gogh.
The lyrics show Don McLean’s admiration for
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Don McLean – Winterwood
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[Verse 1] / No one can take your place with me / And time has proven that I'm right / There's no place I'd rather be / Than at your place for the night / No time can pass your
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Don McLean – Every Day
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Every day, it's a gettin' closer / Goin' faster than a roller coaster / Love like yours will surely come my way / A hey, a hey, hey / Every day, it's a gettin' faster / Everyone
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Don McLean – Castles in the Air
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And if she asks you why, you can tell her that I told you / That I'm tired of castles in the air / I've got a dream I want the world to share / And castle walls just lead me to
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Don McLean – Jerusalem
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Jerusalem, Jerusalem all roads lead to you / Jerusalem, Jerusalem your light is shining through / And you will show, show the way, to all who see it shine / That we can live, in
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Don McLean – Crying
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In the US, Don McLean’s cover of Roy Orbison’s 1961 #2 hit “Crying” was almost successful as the original, reaching #5 on the Hot 100 in March of 1981. In the UK, however, it went
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Don McLean – The Grave
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The grave that they dug him had flowers / Gathered from the hillsides in bright summer colours / And the brown earth bleached white at the edge of his gravestone / He's gone / When
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Don McLean – Wonderful Baby
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[Chorus] / Wonderful baby / Living on love / The Sandman says maybe he'll take you above / Up where the girls fly on ribbons and bows / Where babies float by just counting their
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Don McLean – Crossroads
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I've got nothing on my mind / Nothing to remember / Nothing to forget / And I've got nothing to regret / But I'm all tied up on the inside / No one knows quite what I've got / And
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Don McLean – Babylon
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By the waters / The waters / Of Babylon / We lay down and wept / And wept / For thee Zion / We remember / Thee remember / Thee remember / Thee Zion
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Don McLean – Dreidel
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I feel like a spinning top or a dreidel / The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle / You just slow down / Round and around the world you go / Spinning through the lives of
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Don McLean – Empty Chairs
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[Verse 1] / I feel the trembling tingle of a sleepless night / Creep through my fingers and the moon is bright / Beams of blue come flickering through my windowpane / Like gypsy
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Don McLean – And I Love You So
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[Verse 1] / And I love you so / The people ask me how / How I've lived 'til now / I tell them I don't know / [Verse 2] / I guess they understand / How lonely life has been / But
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Don McLean – Till Tomorrow
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What can this be / Can you tell me? / Would you like to discover / Why we're not free to be lovers / I've been wanting to ask you / Where has all the love gone / And what have we
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Don McLean – Run, diana run
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Paroles de la chanson Run Diana Run : / London calling, run Diana run / Run Diana run / Think they're getting nearer / Run Diana run / They're in the rearview mirror / Run Diana
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Don McLean – Narcisissma
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Narcisissma, Narcisissma is the pride of Pomona / Pomona, Pomona says she looks like me / But she will look like you when I'm set free / Narcisissma, Narcisissma is the belle of
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Don McLean – Headroom
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I need headroom / Got to have headroom / Some place to rest my head / I'm gettin' taller / Thinkin's gettin' smaller / Time is winnin' out instead / Well, I heard it on the news
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Don McLean – Homeless Brother
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I was walking by the graveyard, late last Friday night / I heard somebody yelling, it sounded like a fight / It was just a drunken hobo dancing circles in the night / Pouring
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Don McLean – Everybody Loves Me, Baby
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One! Two! Three! Four! / [Verse 1] / Fortune has me well in hand / Armies wait at my command / My gold lies in a foreign land, buried deep beneath the sand / The angels guide my
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Don McLean – Bronco Bill's Lament
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I coulda been most anything I put my mind to be / But a cowboy's life was the only life for me / It's a strong man's occupation: ridin' herd and livin' free / But strong men often
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Don McLean – Three Flights Up
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On the first floor / On the first floor / On the first floor there's a young girl reeling / Her body's numb and without feeling / As illusions dance on the midnight ceiling / Now
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Don McLean – Believers
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I got no money, got no job, I'm just another shufflin' slob / Well we've all been disappointed, we've had our dreams before / For with dreams you learn to take your turn / In a
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Don McLean – Prime Time
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Well this is life, this is Prime time / This is livin' in the U. S. A / Well this is life, this is Prime Time / This is livin' the American way / I was ridin' on the subway in the
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Don McLean – The More You Pay (The More It's Worth)
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The auctioneer said, I'm not through yet / Here's a horse the likes of which you've never seen / And the straw hats in the sun, with a face beneath each one / Shown doubtful and
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Don McLean – #4 Lotta Lovin'
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Well I wanna-wanna lotta-lotta lovin' / Well I wanna-wanna lotta-lotta huggin' / So baby can't you see that you were meant for me / I want your lovin', yes-a-ree / Well I wanna-
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Don McLean – Bad Girl
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'Round and 'round, the years go 'round and 'round / And many a dream is lost in the nasty city sound / Now she's down and out, everyone's above her / Tried everything a gal could
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Don McLean – Orphans Of Wealth
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There is no time to discuss or debate / What is right, what is wrong for our people / Time has run out for all those who wait / With bent limbs and minds that are feeble / And the
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Don McLean – Winter Has Me in Its Grip
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Winter has me in its grip / Think I'll take a summer trip / On a sunny sailing ship / Where the shells lie in the sand / I feel so lonely / I'm to young to feel this old / I need
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Don McLean – Wonderful World
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Don't know much about history / Don't know much biology / Don't know much about a science book / Don't know much about the french I took / But I do know that I love you / And I
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Don McLean – General Store
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Mornin', Mrs. Campbell / A lovely day today / I heard about the fire / Wonder what the papers say / Let's see now / Give me fifty shotgun shells / And a hundred feet of rope / Just
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Don McLean – The Legend of Andrew McCrew
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There was a mummy at the fair, all crumpled in a folding chair / The people passed, but didn't care that the mummy was a man / So tell me if you can / Who are you? Who are you
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Don McLean – Color TV Blues
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I got a color TV for a limited time / And you can have it by tonight, it'll bend your mind / I wouldn't just sell it to an ordinary fool / Y' have to be sure that the fool has cool
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Don McLean – Since I Don't Have You
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[Intro] / (Doop-doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo / Doop-doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo / Doop-doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo) / [Verse 1] / I don't have plans and schemes / And I don't have hopes
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Don McLean – Rock And Roll Your Baby
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[Verse 1] / She has a way of walking / That says she knows it all / She has a way of talking / Makes you wanna tumble and fall / He wants to be her lover / He's gonna wait his turn
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Don McLean – If We Try
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When I see you on the street, I lose my concentration / Just the thought that we might meet creates anticipation / Won't you look my way once before you go / And my eyes will say
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Don McLean – Magdalene Lane
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The angels are lost in the city of stars / The wise men are down on their knees / And the fruitman of freeway will sell you his cars / When he's sure that you can't find the keys
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Don McLean – Sea Man
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I walk down to the sea / And I saw this crazy man / He was looking at me / And he said "I have a plan" / Yes, he said "I have a plan" / He was black from the sun / And his eyes
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Don McLean – Did You Know
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Did you know that love can grow any place where people go / And I can tell by what I see that you have found a place with me / The sun is high the day is new and / I have found a
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Don McLean – Respectable
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Ah, it ain't so easy is it? You almost lost your place / And perhaps you're wondering how you're going to cope with your disgrace / Well, your wealth is well established and your
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Don McLean – Fool's Paradise
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You took me up to Heaven / When you took me in your arms / I was dazzled by your beauty / Blinded by your charms / I was lost in a fool’s paradise / Good and lost in a fool’s
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Don McLean – Oh My What A Shame
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They were married in the old church yard / And they promised to be true to each other / No matter how hard their lives might be / But like meteors that fell through moments
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Don McLean – Falling Through Time
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I can't answer the questions you ask me / I don't know what to say / The answers are somewhere lost in the stars / When the night is turned to day / But I know if the silence of
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Don McLean – Addicted To Black
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Yeah, I'm addicted to black / Addicted to black / Addicted to wearing black on my back / It was good enough for Cisco / Good enough for Lash / Good enough for Hoppy / Good enough
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