 Genius Lyrics
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Harry Nilsson – Without You
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Nilsson was at a party and someone put on “Without You” and Nilsson searched the song for a long time, even searching in all the Beatles songs “trying to find out which one of
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Harry Nilsson – Woman Oh Woman
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[Verse 1] / If you knew true devotion / You'd jump into the ocean and drown / Going down thinking of me / What if the world is jealous? / As well as cruel and dangerous? / So long
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Harry Nilsson – Lullaby
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[Verse 1] / Before you jump into bed / Before you cover your head / There's something I'd like to say / You've had a buckaroo day / It's time to turn out the light / And reassure
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Harry Nilsson – Caroline
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[Verse 1] / Caroline / Please be mine / You're my kind of girl / [Verse 2] / Caroline / Please be mine / You're my kind of girl / [Bridge] / And when in springtime / Daylight
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Harry Nilsson – Everybody's Talkin'
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“Everybody’s Talkin' ” is a song written by Fred Neil in 1966 and later sung by Harry Nilsson as the title song for the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy. The movie’s theme was originally
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Harry Nilsson – Kojak Columbo
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[Intro] / Well, it's a little late for Christmas, but have one anyway / And while I'm on the subject, baby, have a happy birthday / How's your father? How's your mom? / Don't it
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Harry Nilsson – The Beehive State
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[Verse 1] / Since you're the delegate from Kansas / Will you kindly take the floor / And tell us what is Kansas thinkin' / And what is Kansas for? / [Verse 2] / Well, Kansas is for
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Harry Nilsson – One
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After trying to call somebody several times, Harry Nilsson was sitting while on the phone listening to a busy signal. This was when he was inspired to write “One”, a song best-
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Harry Nilsson – 1941
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[Verse 1] / Well, in 1941, a happy father had a son / And by 1944, the father walks right out the door / And in '45, the mom and son were still alive / But who could tell in '46 if
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Harry Nilsson – Jesus Christ You're Tall
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[Refrain] / Jesus, I said, Jesus, I said, Jesus Christ, you're tall / I bet nobody, I bet nobody, I bet nobody wanted to dance with you at all / I said Jesus, I said Jesus, there
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Harry Nilsson – The Clearing in the Woods (Narration)
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The giant bird flew Oblio and Arrow high above the floor of the forest and on towards its final destination, a huge dome shaped object which rested high on a plateau overlooking
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Harry Nilsson – Down
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Well you gotta have soap to wash your sins away / You gotta have hope it's the price you gotta pay / You gotta give love or your love will walk away / And you gotta stay loose it's
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Harry Nilsson – Maybe
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[Verse 1] / Maybe, maybe you wouldn't be leavin' if only I'd change / Say I'm acting just like a kid / Well, maybe I'm doing what I'm doing / 'Cause I done what I did when I was a
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Harry Nilsson – There Will Never Be
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There will never be another one like you for me to love / There will never be another one like you for me to love / There will never be another moon / There will never be another
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Harry Nilsson – Bath
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It has been speculated that this song refers to a visit to a whorehouse.
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Harry Nilsson – The Moonbeam Song
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Have you ever watched a moonbeam / As it slid across your windowpane / Or struggled with a bit of rain / Or danced about the weathervane / Or sat along a moving train / And
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Harry Nilsson – Spaceman
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[Intro] / Bang, bang, shoot em' up, destiny / Bang, bang, shoot em' up to the moon / Bang, bang, shoot em' up one, two, three / (One, two, three, four) / [Verse 1] / I wanted to be
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Harry Nilsson – I Never Thought I'd Get This Lonely
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I never thought I'd get this lonely / I never thought I'd feel this way, way / Daytime, nighttime, mean nothing to me / Wrong time, right time, what can it believe me? / I love you
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Harry Nilsson – So Long Dad
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[Verse 1] / Home again / And the streets are not much cleaner / And the quaint old south side scenery / Is quaint no more / Just older than before / Go up the stairs and down the
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Harry Nilsson – Miss Butter's Lament
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Waiting around for the first breath of spring / Nobody else seems to care / She waits patiently with the knowledge / That she will have so much
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Harry Nilsson – The Most Beautiful World in the World
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[Verse 1] / You come to the end / And the light there is dimmer / The chances are slimmer / Of finding your way / You find that you stay out / Of trouble and danger / 'Cause
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Harry Nilsson – At My Front Door
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[Intro] / Long ago, far away-- / [Burp] Excuse me. [Laughter] / [Crowd noises] / [Chorus] / Crazy little momma come a-knockin' / Come a-knockin' at my front door-door-door / Crazy
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Harry Nilsson – Early in the Morning
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[Verse 1] / Early in the morning and I can't do right / Had a little fight with my baby last night and it's early in the morning / [Chorus] / Don'chu know it's early in the morning
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Harry Nilsson – Driving Along
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[Verse 1] / Driving along you can see all the people / Who seem to have nothing to say to each other / Each day they grow farther and farther away from each other / [Verse 2
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Harry Nilsson – U.C.L.A.
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There's no New Hampshires left / I'll bet the boardwalk's next / There's no New York / There's no more Cork / To set the bottle west, yeah / There's no more rodeo / There's no
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Harry Nilsson – Snow (Alternate Version)
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[Verse 1] / Snow / Fills the fields we used to know / And the little park where we would go / Sleeps far below in the snow / [Verse 2] / Gone / It's all over and you're gone / But
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Harry Nilsson – You Can't Do That
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One of the first mashups. There are between 17 and 22 Beatles songs referenced. Nilsson was a huge Beatles fan and he Fab Four reciprocated that fanfare with Lennon famously
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Harry Nilsson – Don't Forget Me
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[Verse 1] / In the wintertime, keep your feet warm / But keep your clothes on and don't forget me / Keep your memories / But keep your powder dry too / [Verse 2] / In the summer
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Harry Nilsson – Down by the Sea
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Down by the sea / That's where we wanted to be / With nothing to do / Down by the sea / Don't tell me that isn't what / You wanted to do / We sold the house, the car, the TV, the
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Harry Nilsson – Moonshine Bandit
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Taking from the rich of spirit / Giving to the poor of heart / Guilty of a human weakness / He was known by all / As a moonshine bandit / He was a moonshine bandit / He was not
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Harry Nilsson – Joy
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[Verse 1] / The other day I met a girl named Joy / She said come here / I'm gonna make you my joy boy / Well, things went good and things went bad / Now everytime I think of Joy
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Harry Nilsson – The Birds (Narration)
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After the incident at the bottomless pit the two adventurers continued along the winding path which lead them to the pointless forest and along the way they met three fat sisters
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