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Jeff Buckley – Eternal Life
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“‘Eternal Life’ was inspired by anger over "the man that shot Martin Luther King, World War II, slaughter in Guyana and the Manson murders.” – Jeff Buckley
“This is a song about…
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Jeff Buckley – Eternal Life (Road Version)
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[Verse 1] / Eternal life is now on my trail / Got my red glitter coffin, man, just need one last nail / While all these ugly gentlemen play out their foolish games / There's a
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Jeff Buckley – Eternal Life Samples
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See all of “Eternal Life” by Jeff Buckley’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Jeff Buckley – Eternal Life (Live À L’ Olympia 1995)
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Eternal life is now on my trail / Got my red glitter coffin, man, just need one last nail / While all these ugly gentlemen, play out their foolish games, yeah / There's a flaming
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Jeff Buckley – Eternal Life (Live at MTV's Most Wanted, London, UK - March 1995)
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[Verse 1] / Eternal life is now on my trail / Got my red glitter coffin, man, just need one last nail / While all these ugly gentlemen play out their foolish games / There's a
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Jeff Buckley – Dream Brother
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“Dream Brother”, written by Jeff Buckley, Mick Grøndahl and Matt Johnson, is the last track on Buckley’s album Grace but is the penultimate track on later releases of the album. It
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Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye (Live at The Olympia, Paris, France - July 7, 1995)
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[Verse 1] / This is our last goodbye / I hate to feel the love between us die / But it's over, just hear this and then I'll go / You gave me more to live for, more than you'll ever
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Jeff Buckley – Mojo Pin (Live at Südbahnhof, Frankfurt, Germany - February 1995)
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[Verse 1] / I'm lying in my bed, the blanket is warm / This body will never be safe from harm / Still feel your hair, black ribbons of coal / Touch my skin to keep me whole / [
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Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah/I Know It's Over (Medley) (Live at The King Theatre, Seattle, WA - May 7, 1995)
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I heard there was a secret chord / That David played and it pleased the lord / But you don't really care for music, do you / Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth / The
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Jeff Buckley – Lilac Wine (Live at The Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia - February 28, 1996)
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[Verse] / I lost myself on a cool, damp night / I gave myself in that misty light / I was hypnotized by a strange delight / Under a lilac tree / I made wine from the lilac tree / I
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Jeff Buckley – Lost Highway (Studio Outtake - 1993)
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[Verse 1] / I'm a rolling stone, all alone and lost / For a life of sin, I have paid the cost / When I walk by, all the people say / "Just another boy down the lost highway" / [
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Jeff Buckley – Grace (Live at MTV's 120 Minutes, New York, NY - January 1995)
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[Verse 1] / There's the moon asking to stay / Long enough for the clouds to fly me away / Well it's my time coming, I'm not afraid, afraid to die / My fading voice sings of love
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Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah (Live at MTV Japan, Tokyo, Japan - January 1995)
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[Verse 1] / Well I heard there was a secret chord / That David played, and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music, do ya? / Well it goes like this, the fourth
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Jeff Buckley – Moodswing Whiskey (Live at the Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia - February 28, 1996)
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Mood swing whiskey / Drank it all in the morning / Waiting for the dark to move in / Sitting in my step-sister's kitchen / Horseflies on the window sill / Eyes trained on the lemon
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Jeff Buckley – Kanga-Roo (Live at Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia - February 1996)
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[Verse 1] / When I first saw you / You had on blue jeans / Your eyes couldn't hide anything / I saw you breathing, oh / Saw you staring out in space / [Verse 2] / When I next saw
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Song Lyrics & Knowledge - Genius
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Eternal Life (Live at MTV's Most Wanted, London, UK - March 1995) by Jeff Buckley · Eternal Life (Live at MTV's Most Wanted, London, UK - March 1995).
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Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye (Live at MTV's Most Wanted, London, UK - March 1995)
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[Verse 1] / This is our last goodbye / I hate to feel the love between us die / But it's over, just hear this and then I'll go / You gave me more to live for, more than you'll ever
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Jeff Buckley – So Real (Live at Südbahnhof, Frankfurt, Germany - February 1995)
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[Verse 1] / Love, let me sleep tonight on your couch / And remember the smell of the fabric of your simple city dress / [Chorus] / Oh... that was so real / Oh... that was so real
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Jeff Buckley – Lilac Wine (Live at Eurockéennes Festival, Belfort, France - July 1995)
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[Part I] / [Verse 1] / I lost myself on a cool, damp night / I gave myself in that misty light / Was hypnotized by a strange delight / Under a lilac tree / [Verse 2] / I made wine
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Jeff Buckley – I Woke Up in a Strange Place (Live at The Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia - February 28, 1996)
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The ghost calls to visit / With my keys in his pocket / Kisses in my mouth with his / Eyes hanging out of his sockets / My memories crumble / Under still resistance / I was torn
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Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye (Live at MTV's 120 Minutes, New York, NY - January 1995)
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[Verse 1] / This is our last goodbye / I hate to feel the love between us die / But it's over, just hear this and then I'll go / You gave me more to live for, more than you'll ever
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Jeff Buckley – Grace
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The song was based on an instrumental song called “Rise Up to Be” written by Buckley’s collaborator, Gary Lucas. Jeff wrote lyrics inspired by his saying goodbye to his girlfriend
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Jeff Buckley – Lover, You Should've Come Over
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[Verse 1] / Looking out the door I see the rain / Fall upon the funeral mourners / Parading in a wake of sad relations / As their shoes fill up with water / Maybe I'm too young
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Jeff Buckley – What Will You Say (Live at Theatre de Fourvière, Lyon, France - July 4, 1995)
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It's been such a long time / And I was just a child then / What will you say / When you see my face? / Time feels like it's flown away / The days just pass and fade away / What
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Jeff Buckley – Lover, You Should Have Come Over (Live at JBTV, Chicago, IL - November 1994)
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[Verse 1] / Looking out the door I see the rain / Fall upon the funeral mourners / Parading in a wake of sad relations / As their shoes fill up with water / Maybe I'm too young
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Jeff Buckley – The Other Woman (Studio Outtake - 1993)
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[Verse 1] / The other woman finds time to manicure her nails / The other woman is perfect where her rival fails / And she's never seen with pin curls in her hair anywhere / [Verse
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Jeff Buckley – Parchman Farm Blues / Preachin’ Blues (Studio Outtake - 1993)
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[Parchman Farm Blues] / [Verse 1] / Judge give me life this mornin' / Down on Parchman farm / Judge give me life this mornin' / Down on Parchman farm / I wouldn't hate it so bad
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Jeff Buckley – What Will You Say? (Live at Südbahnhof, Frankfurt, Germany - February 1995)
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[Verse 1] / It's been such a long time / And I was just a child then / What will you say / When you see my face? / Time feels like it's flown away / The days just pass and fade
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Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
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The song, written by Leonard Cohen, is about love which has soured and gone stale. Cohen used a lot of religious imagery, including references to some of the more notorious women
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Jeff Buckley (Ft. Shudder to Think) – I Want Someone Badly
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[Chorus] / Now I-I-I want someone badly / Got a girl here tonight wants someone new / Someone new / A little cry-y-y-y wants someone badly (wah-oop) / I wanna know if this is a bad
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Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye
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“Last Goodbye” was the second single from Grace. It details a man ending a relationship with a woman who both love each other, but both come to terms with the fact that they are
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