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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 – Crying in the Chapel
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You saw me crying in the chapel / The tears I shed were tears of joy / I know the meaning of contentment / Now I'm happy with the Lord / Just a plain and simple chapel / Where
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Don McLean – I've Cried All The Tears That I Have
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I've cried all the tears tha I have / I don't wanna cry anymore / I'm too young to feel this bad / And too young to now know the score / You promised to love me for good / You did
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Don McLean – Crazy
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[Verse 1] / Crazy, I'm crazy for feeling so lonely / I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so blue / [Verse 2] / I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted / And then someday you'd leave me
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Drake – Doing It Wrong
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“Doing It Wrong” is soft, low-tempo, break-up ballad with a harmonica solo from the legendary Stevie Wonder.
The song interpolates Don McLean’s 1977 song “The Wrong Thing To Do.”
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Roy Orbison – Crying Covers
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See all of “Crying” by Roy Orbison’s covers
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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 – It Doesn't Matter Anymore
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There you go and baby, here am I / Well, you left me here so I could sit and cry / Well, golly gee, what have you done to me? / Well I guess it doesn't matter any more / Do you
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Roy Orbison – Crying
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[Verse 1] / I was alright for a while / I could smile for a while / But I saw you last night / You held my hand so tight / As you stopped to say, "Hello" / [Chorus] / Oh, you
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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 – Chain Lightning
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Sometimes when I'm thinkin' that love's not around / My heart begins sinkin', I don't hear a sound / And the world is in blackness, no light shines on me / I suffer no blindness
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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 – 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 – Aftermath
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Windows in a silent room , sunlight burns the walls to black / Angles and dimensions melt while colors drip and pillows crack / Reflections of my memories like pictures pasted on a
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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 – 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 – Superman's Ghost
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I don't want to be like old George Reeves / Stuck in a Superman role / I've got a long way to go in my career / And some day my fame will make it clear / That I had to be a
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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 – Great Big Man
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Rust on your fingers, you got trouble at your feet / Keep the home fires burning, but look out for the heat / 'cause there's a man at the window who knows just what you think / And
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Don McLean – If You Could Read My Mind
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If you could read my mind, love / What a tale my thoughts could tell / Just like an old time movie / 'Bout a ghost from a wishing well / In a castle dark or a fortress strong
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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 – Hit Parade of Love
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From what I have been hearing, dear, you've really got it made / Got a lot of fellers on your lover's hit parade / If I can't be your number one I don't know what I'll do / Gotta
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Don McLean – You Have Lived
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You have lived such a gentle life upon this earth / That I am stunned by your sight / If I could give but a token of the love you have / Then I might not be this lonely tonight
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Don McLean – It's Just the Sun
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It's just the sun that's shinin' in your eyes / It's just the moon that is the sun's disguise / Just the sky, with clouds a blowin' by / The sun and the moon and the sky, and you
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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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