 Genius Lyrics
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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 – Grace Samples
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See all of “Grace” by Jeff Buckley’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Jeff Buckley – Grace (Live À L’ Olympia 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 – 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 – Grace (live)
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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 to die / My fading voice sings of love / But she cries to
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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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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 – Grace Live Versions
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See all of “Grace” by Jeff Buckley’s live versions
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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 – Mojo Pin
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“Mojo Pin” is the first song on Jeff Buckley’s 1994 album Grace. It was written by Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas, and was first introduced on his EP, Live at Sin-é. Buckley stated
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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 – 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 – Alligator Wine (Studio Outtake - 1993)
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[Verse 1] / Take the blood out of an alligator / Take the left eye out of a fish / Take the skin off of a frog / And put 'em all in a dish, huha / [Verse 2] / Throw some salt over
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Jeff Buckley – So Real
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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 – Forget Her
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[Verse 1] / While this town is busy sleeping / All the noise has died away / I walk the streets to stop my weeping / Cause she'll never change her ways / [Chorus 1] / But don't
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Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah (Live À L’ Olympia 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 – Corpus Christi Carol
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Jeff included this cover of the Benjamin Britten piece as a gift to his high school friend Roy Rollo from Long Beach, California. Roy had introduced Jeff to the work of the
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Jeff Buckley – Grace (You and I Ver.)
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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 – Lilac Wine
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“Lilac Wine” is a song written by James Shelton. It was covered by Nina Simone on her album Wild Is The Wind (1966), was a solo hit by Elkie Brooks (1977) and appeared in her album
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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 – Bluebird Blues
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(Traditional / Gods and monsters) / The stone cold loner / And his eye's amazing / I'm a stone cold loner / As cool as a man could be / I was gigin' myself / When the love comes
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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 – The Sky Is a Landfill
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[Verse 1] / Circle around the park, joining hands in silence / Watch the evil black the sky / The storm has ripped the shelter of illusion from our brow / This power is no mystery
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Tor Miller – Midnight
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[Verse 1] / Jeff Buckley's grace was playing loud as hell / In the back of an old dive bar / So I step outside and light a cigarette / Take in the fumes of the passing cars / Loud
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