Genius Lyrics
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Queen – Seaside Rendezvous
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This song has an old-time feel, with a ragtime sound and lyrics that could easily have come from the 1930s.
The song was written by Freddie Mercury under his vaudevillian/
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Mustasch – Freddie Mercury
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“Freddie Mercury” is Mustasch’s tribute to Queen’s late Freddie Mercury from their 10th album Killing It For Life.
The chorus lines “You’re a queen embodied as a king” and “You
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Queen – Dreamer's Ball
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“Dreamer’s Ball” is the ninth track on Queen’s 1978 album, Jazz. The song is guitarist Brian May’s tribute to Elvis Presley, who had died the year before.
When performed live, “
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Queen – Sweet Lady
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“Sweet Lady” is about a fight between a man and a woman in a relationship. The first two verses are from the woman’s point of view, explaining how she feels unsatisfied and
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Hayden Forbes – Seaside
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“Seaside” is the fifth track off of Hayden Forbes' debut album A Musician’s Nature.
Seaside allows Hayden to take a chance early in the album to calm his nerves, just listen to a
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Queen – '39
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“39'” was written by Brian May, who had a BSc in Physics from Imperial College and has since gained a Ph.D. in astrophysics from the same institution. It’s about a group of
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Bruce Springsteen – Rendezvous (Live)
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[Intro] / It's called "Rendezvous" / A-one, two, three, go ahead, alright / [Verse 1] / I had a dream our love would last forever / I had a dream tonight my dream comes true / And
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Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
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Widely considered to be one of the greatest songs of all time, “Bohemian Rhapsody” was the first single released from Queen’s fourth studio album, A Night at the Opera. It became
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Queen – You're My Best Friend
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“You’re My Best Friend” was written by the band’s bass player, John Deacon, who has also written their mega-hit “Another One Bites the Dust”. Deacon composed this love song for his
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Queen – Love of My Life
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This song is written about Mary Austin, with whom Freddie had a long-term relationship. They met in 1970, and Freddie referred to her once as the ‘love of his life’, despite
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Queen – Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon
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“Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon” chronicles a week in the life of a seemingly ordinary man whose week peaks on Sunday afternoon.
In a true Vaudevillian spirit, the song sounds as if
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Queen – The Prophet's Song
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This song was written by Brian May after he had a fever dream about the story of the great flood while suffering from hepatitis during the recording of Sheer Heart Attack. The song
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Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (2011 Remaster)
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[Intro] / Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? / Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality / Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see / I'm just a poor boy, I need
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Queen – Good Company
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“Good Company” is a blend of dixieland jazz written and sung by Brian May, telling the story of a man who is taught to treasure his friends, but eventually becomes obsessed with
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Bruce Springsteen – Seaside Bar Song
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The song is the seventh song of Tracks and is originally an outtake on The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle, originally recorded in 1973.
“Seaside Bar Song” is about
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Queen – I’m in Love with My Car
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“I’m in Love with My Car” is one of Roger Taylor’s most famous songs in the Queen catalogue. The song was initially taken as a joke by Brian May, who thought that Taylor was not
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Bruce Springsteen – Mary Queen of Arkansas (Demo)
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[Intro] / Bruce Springsteen / Columbia pop audition / Job number 79862 / "Mary Queen of Arkansas" / Take one / [Verse 1] / Mary, Queen of Arkansas, it's not too early for dreamin
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Queen – Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)
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“Death on Two Legs” is the song that’s considered to be Mercury’s “hate letter” towards the band’s former manager, Norman Sheffield. It incorporated a vast range of vicious lyrics
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Bruce Springsteen – Stand on It
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[Verse 1] / Well Jimmy Lee was hookin' 'round the far turn / Of a funky southern Florida dirt track / He had mud caked on his goggles / And a screamin' 350 stacked up on his back
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Bruce Springsteen – Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street? (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Hey, bus driver, keep the change / Bless your children, give them names / Don't trust men who walk with canes / Drink this and in a week you'll have wings on your feet
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Bruce Springsteen – Pink Cadillac
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Cut from his Born in the USA album, the song got limited airplay until Natalie Cole covered it in 1988.
The song is an extended metaphor for sex, and what “Pink Cadillac” means in
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