 Genius Lyrics
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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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Benjamin Britten – Corpus Christi Carol
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[Intro] / He bear him off, he bear him down / He bear him into an orchard ground / [Chorus] / Lu li lu lay. lu li lu lay / The falcon hath bourne my mate away / [Verse 1] / And in
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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 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 – 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 – 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 – 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
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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 – 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 (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 – 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 – 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 – Mama, You Been on My Mind (Studio Outtake - 1993)
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This song is a cover of the original written by Bob Dylan for his 1964 album ‘Another Side of Bob Dylan’, though it was not included on the official release and not officially
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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 – 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 – Kanga-Roo (Studio Outtake - 1993)
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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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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 – Strawberry Street (Live rehearsal at Knitting Factory, New York, NY - May 1993)
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[Verse 1] / Streetlights flicker on, as they take on the sun / Like counterfeit stars / Watch them come / Watch them come / The pacified hate's full-speed away / A company in the
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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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