 Genius Lyrics
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Eric Clapton – Goodnight Irene
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[Verse 1] / Last Saturday night, I got married / Me and my wife settled down / Now me and my wife are parted / Gonna take another stroll downtown / [Chorus] / Irene goodnight
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Eric Clapton – High
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[Chorus] / High upon a mountain top / Where the eagle builds his nest / I shall go wandering / Trying to put my mind at rest / And I shall never cease / Until the day I die / [
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Eric Clapton – Love Don't Love Nobody
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Sometimes a girl will come and go / You reach for love, but life won't let you know / That in the end, you'll still be lovin' her / But then she's gone and you're all alone / I
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Eric Clapton – Sign Language
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[Chorus 1] / You speak to me in sign language / As I'm eating a sandwich in a small cafe / At a quarter to three / [Verse 1] / But I can't respond to your sign language / You're
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Eric Clapton – Layla (Acoustic Live)
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This is the version of “Layla” from the album Unplugged. It was originally recorded by Eric Clapton with Derek and the Dominos – uploaded and fully annotated here.
This song is
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Eric Clapton – Don't Blame Me
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[Verse 1] / Hear my story and listen well / Truth is in all that I tell / It could never have been me / I not shoot no deputy / Mr. Grant, the deputy / Friend to my whole family
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Eric Clapton – Golden Ring
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[Verse 1] / He gave to you a golden ring / It made you happy, it made you sing / And I played for ya on my guitar / It did not last long, we did not go far / [Chorus] / And though
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Eric Clapton – Blue Eyes Blue
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[Verse 1] / I thought that you'd be loving me / I thought you were the one who'd stay forever / But now forever's come and gone / And I'm still here alone / [Pre-Chorus] / Because
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Eric Clapton – My Father's Eyes
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The song is inspired by the fact that Clapton never met his father, who died in 1985. Describing how Clapton wishes he knew his father, “My Father’s Eyes” also refers to the brief
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Eric Clapton – County Jail Blues
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[Verse] / They picked me up / Put me in the county jail / They picked me up / Put me in the county jail / They wouldn't let my woman / Come and post my bail / Now I'm in prison / I
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Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight
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“Wonderful Tonight” was written in 1976 for Pattie Boyd while waiting for her to get ready to attend Paul McCartney’s annual Buddy Holly party.
Pattie Boyd had previously been
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Eric Clapton – May You Never
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[Chorus] / May you never lay your head down without a hand to hold / May you never make your bed out in the cold / May you never lose your temper, if you get hit in a barroom fight
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Eric Clapton – We’re All the Way
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[Verse 1] / There's no cause to think that I won't stay / Haven't I been with you all the way? / There's no time like now to make amends / After all, we are more than friends / [
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Eric Clapton – Pilgrim
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[Verse 1] / And how do I choose and where do I draw the line / Between truth and necessary pain? / And how do I know and where do I get my belief / That things will be all right
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Eric Clapton – Get Ready
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[Chorus] / Ready, get ready, ready / He's a man who's going to break your heart / Ready, get ready, ready / He's a man who's going to break your heart / [Verse 1] / Well, you've
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Eric Clapton & Jeff Beck – Moon River
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[Verse 1] / Moon river, wider than a mile / I'm crossing you in style some day / You dream maker, you heart breaker / Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way / [Verse 2] / Two
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Eric Clapton – Anyday
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You were talking and I thought I heard you say / "Please leave me alone / Nothing in this world can make me stay / I'd rather go back, I'd rather go back home." / But if you
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Eric Clapton – Pilgrim
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[Verse 1] / And how do I choose and where do I draw the line / Between truth and necessary pain? / And how do I know and where do I get my belief / That things will be all right
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Eric Clapton – Cocaine
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“Cocaine” is actually a song by J.J. Cale in 1976 but ultimately known for the Eric Clapton cover in 1977 and eventually added in 1980 to his album Slowhand.
Clapton used cocaine
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Eric Clapton – Change the World
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Change the World was written by Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy, and Wayne Kirkpatrick and was released on July 5, 1996. Eric Clapton recorded the song for the John Travolta movie
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Eric Clapton – Stand and Deliver
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Stand and deliver / You let them put the fear on you / Stand and deliver / But not a word you heard was true / But if there's nothing you can say / There may be nothing you can do
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Eric Clapton – Singin’ the Blues
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[Verse 1] / I've been working so hard / Just came home from my job / Looked down in my wallet / Good God, I've been robbed / Now where (ooh where?) can my money be / All my hard-
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Eric Clapton – Lay Down Sally
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This jaunty tune is one of Clapton’s biggest American hits. He wrote it in the style of one of his favorite songwriters, the Oklahoma musician J.J. Cale (Clapton said the song was
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Eric Clapton – The Core
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[Verse 1: Eric Clapton & Marcella Detroit] / Every morning when I wake / A feeling soon begins to overtake me / Ringing in my ears resounds through my brain, it finally surrounds
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Eric Clapton – Circus
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Clapton wrote Circus about his son who tragically fell several stories to his death. According to Clapton, the previous night, he took his son to a carnival.
Eric Clapton explains
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Eric Clapton – Double Trouble
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[Chorus] / Lay awake at night / Oh so low, just so troubled / Can't get a job / Laid off and I'm having double trouble / [Verse] / Hey hey, to make it you've got to try / Baby
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Eric Clapton – Let It Grow
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Clapton played the Dobro on this. A Dobro is a type of acoustic guitar with a raised bridge and resonator cone which produces a moaning sound.
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Eric Clapton – Easy Now
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[Verse 1] / Holding you, you holding me / Everyone could see we were in ecstasy / Making love against the wall / Feeling very small when we didn't need to be / [Chorus] / Easy now
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Eric Clapton – Same Old Blues
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[Verse 1] / I'm sorry, baby, but I can't afford to stay / Your good, kind treatment will worry me someday / I love you, baby, but I'm going to have to say goodbye / When I got to
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Eric Clapton – Knock on Wood
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[Verse 1] / I don't want to lose this good thing that I've got / If I do, I would surely, surely lose a lot / 'Cause your love is better than any love I know / [Chorus] / It's like
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Eric Clapton – Rocking Chair
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Old rocking chair got me, cane by my side / Fetch me my gin, son, before I tan your hide / Can't get from this cabin, I ain't going nowhere / Sitting here grabbing at the flies
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Eric Clapton – Little Wing
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Well she's walking through the clouds / With a circus mind that's running 'round / Butterflies and zebras, fairy tales / That's all she ever thinks about / When I'm sad she comes
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Eric Clapton – Man of the World (Live)
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[Verse 1] / I could tell you about my life / And say I'm a man of the world / I've flown across every tide / And I've seen lots of pretty girls / And I've got everything I need / I
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Eric Clapton – Miss You
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[Verse 1] / Don't change your mind / I haven't got the time to sit and wonder / I'm doing fine / If you decide to leave, I won't go under / You know I've come this far without you
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Eric Clapton – Third Degree
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[Verse 1] / Got me accused of peeping / I can't see a thing / Got me accused of petting / I can't even raise my hand / [Chorus] / Bad luck, bad luck is killing me / Well I just can
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Eric Clapton – Forever Man
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[Verse] / How many times must I tell you babe / How many bridges I have got to cross? / How many times must I explain myself / Before I can talk to the boss? / Before I can talk to
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