Genius Lyrics
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Blinded by the Light
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The song was one of the early ones written by Bruce Springsteen in 1973 for his first album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J..
It was then recorded by the Manfred Mann Earth Band
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Earth Hymn
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Listen all around / Symphony of sound will take you / Drifting down through your dreams / In an endless stream / Singing through the air / On its wings of fiery silence / The
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Spirits in the Night
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Crazy Janey and her mission man / Were back in the alley tradin hands / Long came Wild Billy with his friend / G-Man all duded up for Saturday night / Well, Billy slammed on his
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – You Are – I Am
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[Verse 1] / You are, you are, you are / You are, you are, you are / You are the moment Martha's mad man came out of the darkness / You are, you are, you are / The eye glass of the
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – For You
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[Verse 1] / Princess cards she sends me / With her regards / Oh, barroom eyes shine vacancy / To see her you gotta look hard / Wounded deep in battle / I stand stuffed like some
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Prayer
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Tell me, tell me, can it be right / The thing I feel I must do tonight? / Tell me Lord, don't you really see / The way I am and the things I could be? / Tell me, tell me, can it be
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Solar Fire
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See the morning dancer crossing the sky / Turning gold to amber travelling by / He must know the answer, he must know why / Looking for an answer, look to the sky / Shadows getting
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Demolition Man
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Tied to the tracks and the train's just coming / Strapped to the wing with the engine running / You say that this wasn't in your plan / Don't mess around with the demolition man
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Be Not Too Hard
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Be not too hard for life is short / And nothing is given to man / Be not too hard if he's sold or bought / For he must do the best he can / Be not too hard when he blindly dies
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Tribal Statistics
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Who are you? / Give details / Everywhere you look now, questionnaires / They want every detail of your affairs / Oh, so many people lives / Wrapped up in those… / Statistics
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Time Is Right
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Sitting on this spinning top / Hoping time ain't gonna stop / Watching moons come turning round / Hoping time ain't slowing down / Just no place to run and hide / Time is right for
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Pretty Good
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I met a girl from Venus / And her insides were made of gold / Well, she did what she did and said "How was it, kid?" / She was politely told / "Pretty good, not bad, I can't
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Visionary Mountains
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Visionary mountains / Above and afar / Like answers to questions / Of life, love / Love and the longing to survive / Truth though distorted / Are words I create / Today the parting
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Stranded
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Stranded in Iowa / Stranded in Iowa / Better get the Breakdown squad out / Get me rolling on / 'Cause I can't keep my thoughts out of sight / Better get the Breakdown squad out
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Africa Suite
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A) Brothers and Sisters of Africa (Manfred Mann) / Brothers and Sisters of Africa / It's still the same / The words they use are just a game / Mothers and Daughters of Africa / It'
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Chicago Institute
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Way back there an explosion of hope / Hit out hard in a furnace of steel / I thought life was a fire / I thought life was a high time / (I thought life was a fire) / I thought life
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Starbird
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Starbird let your cry lead us all through the night / Rising from the ashes, your light'll show us the way / Starbird you can fly me take me everywhere you go / Roaring with the
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Black and Blue
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I been working so hard my back's near broke / My brows are wet, my throat's a-choke / You sent me here for ten long years / I miss my whiskey, I miss my beer / Well in my arm there
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Fat Nelly
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Here is the story of Fat Nelly / Whoa, was she fat! / Fat Nelly was killed with a butcher's knife / Nobody laughed, nobody cried / And her blood ran red all over my life / Nobody
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Who Are the Mystery Kids?
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Marcellino, Casanova / Little angel from Laslow Street / Cinderella, she's a crossover / She got no father in history / Got no good life, got no love life / Got no future, got no
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – On the Run
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You're on the run from the Law / You weren't happy, had to have much more / Now the heat is on / The heat is on / Don't look back / Hideaway / You keep going, just another day / '
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Pluto the Dog
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[Instrumental]
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Sadjoy
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[Instrumental]
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Messin'
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Right now the world ain't looking too hot / Unless you're dead you must know what I mean / There's a lot we lost (........) nothing to see / They say they've got an answer but I
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Buddah
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Saw Buddah walking down the street / I said: "Hey man, I never thought we'd meet" / Looked at me and he did a dance / He said: "Hey son, you gotta take your chance" / Saw Jesus in
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Sikelele I
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Many reeds, strong reeds / And the strong hands to bind them / The woman of Africa / Knew just where to find them / The sun said dry them / The river said wind them / The rope we
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Give Me the Good Earth
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Give me the good earth that I was born on / Give me the sunshine, the grass and the trees / Give me open skies that I can dream on / Give me the flowers, the birds and the bees
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – The Road to Babylon
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By the waters, the waters of Babylon / We lay down and wept and wept for these I am / We remember, we remember, we remember these I am / By the waters, the waters of Babylon / We
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Questions
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In a dream it would seem / I went to those who closed the open door / And turning the key / I sat and spoke to those inside of me / They answered my questions with questions / And
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Cloudy Eyes
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[Instrumental]
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Please Mrs. Henry
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Well I'm down on my knees / I ain't got a dime / Down on my knees / I ain't got a dime / Well, I'm groanin' in a hallway / Pretty soon I'll be mad / Please Mrs. Henry / Take me to
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Lies (Through the 80s)
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[Verse 1] / We're all gonna live out the Hollywood dream / Everything's gonna be just what it seems / Gonna find a better way to run our cars / All through the 80s / 'Cause the
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Pleasure and Pain
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Lover, lover, why do you push / Why do you push, why do you push? / Babe, babe, did you forget about me? / 'Cause I've been standing at the back of your life / Back row centre
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Crossfire
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[Instrumental]
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – I'll Be Gone
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Someday I'll have money / Money isn't easy to come by / By the time it's come by I'll be gone / I'll sing my song and I'll be gone / Someday I'll have loving / Loving isn't easy to
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Hollywood Town
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Down, down in Hollywood town / The lost and found come to find their way / Walking outside feelings they hide / Putting their pride through well known places / Stepping on stars
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – One Way Glass
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Give me a window with one way glass / To look out on the world and watch people pass / Give me a window to shield me / Where I can't be seen, I don't wanna be free / Give me a
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Wherever Love Drops (Part One)
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I am 24 centimetres high, 9 and 7/8th inches / People ask me: "What about with women?" / Ho, ho / I say: "Wo die Liebe hinfällt" / Wherever love drops it drops
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Demons and Dragons
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Dragons rage outside your door / But I'm on my way to save you / Demons wage unholy war / But I'm on my way to guide you / To guide you / But the demons never need to know / What
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