 Genius Lyrics
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Rilo Kiley – I Never
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[Verse 1] / I'm only a woman / Of flesh and bone / And I wept much, we all do / I thought I might die alone / [Chorus] / But I / Had never, had never, had never, had never, had
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Rilo Kiley – We'll Never Sleep (God Knows We'll Try)
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[Verse 1] / Stealing away into the night / Won't get you any higher / We'll never sleep, God knows we'll try / The hospital is closed / [Chorus] / And how long will it last
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Rilo Kiley – Troubadours
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[Verse 1] / It was an eight-minute ceremony / Everyone was there / The groom wore a black cape / The bride with diamonds in her hair / They've disappeared like the troubadours
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Rilo Kiley – Does He Love You?
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In a narrative form familiar to country songs, “Does He Love You?” depicts conversations between two friends. The narrator lives in California and is unmarried, while her friend is
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Rilo Kiley – After Hours
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[News broadcasting] / Will you close the door? / If you close the door / The night could last forever / Keep the sunshine out / And say hello to never / All the people are dancin
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Rilo Kiley – Silver Lining
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“Silver Lining” is the first song from Rilo Kiley’s final album Under The Blacklight. The song is about a relationship and its end. The song plays with the idiom ‘Every cloud has a
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Rilo Kiley – The Angels Hung Around
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[Verse 1] / I been had and I been held / With the ghosts at bay / And I been oaked and I been doped / And carried away / I been charred and I been scarred / On my own face / But I
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Rilo Kiley – Frug
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[Verse 1] / And I can do the Frug / I can do the Robocop / I can do the Freddie / I cannot do the Smurf / [Verse 2] / And I can hate your girl / I can tell you that she's real
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Rilo Kiley – Draggin' Around
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Here's to all the luck that pours down on me / Here's to all the melodies that picked us up off our seats / Here's to the younger ones when they replace me / Here's to the
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Rilo Kiley – Portions for Foxes
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[Verse 1] / There's blood in my mouth 'cause I've been biting my tongue all week / I keep on talking trash but I never say anything / [Pre-Chorus] / And the talking leads to
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Rilo Kiley – Pictures of Success
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[Verse 1] / Build your own television receiver / Staying home can't be that bad for me / 'Cause I'm not scared / But I'd like some extra spare time / Easily earn me big money / [
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Rilo Kiley – The Good That Won't Come Out
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“The Good That Won’t Come Out” depicts a narrator experiencing excessive unwanted thoughts about death, both in the short and long term. Discussions of climate change turn inward
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Rilo Kiley – Love and War (11/11/46)
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[Verse 1] / All is fair in love, and we're in love / Now that everybody's dead, we can finally talk / Can vanity and happiness coexist? / All the lovers we've taken in direct view
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Rilo Kiley – The Execution of All Things
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[Verse 1] / Soldiers, come quickly / I feel the earth beneath my feet / I'm feeling badly, it's not an attempt at decency / And if you're well off, well, then I'm happy some for
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Rilo Kiley – Spectacular Views
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[Verse 1] / In steep cliffs, rocks all piled up / Mysteries of your passing luck / And ages pass, shells and bits of bone / Forming new limestone / To give things their turn / [
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Rilo Kiley – A Man/Me/Then Jim (Acoustic)
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I had one friend in high school, recently he hung himself with string / His note said, "If living is the problem, well that's just baffling" / And at the wake I waited around to
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Rilo Kiley – The Frug (Sandbox Session)
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[Verse 1] / And I can do the Frug / I can do the Robocop / I can do the Freddie / I cannot do the Smurf / And I can hate your girl / I can tell you that she's real pretty / I can
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Rilo Kiley – Three Hopeful Thoughts
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[Verse 1] / All this talk of your sweet girlfriend / Is starting to pay off / And the charms that you got from travel / Are starting to wear off / [Chorus 1] / And I hope that you
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Rilo Kiley – Bury, Bury, Bury Another
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We're on now? / Alright / We had jobs then we were happy / 'Cause we had jobs that we liked / Now it's just hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry us up / We got to get it done tonight / And
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Rilo Kiley – Xmas Cake
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It's almost Christmas / When I take off my make up I look old and defeated / I'm not so dangerous / Cry into my Christmas cake / Starin' holes into me all night / You should just
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Rilo Kiley – The Absence of God
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[Verse 1] / The absence of God will bring you comfort, baby / And planning is for the poor, so let's pretend that we're rich / And I'm not my body or how I choose to destroy it
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Rilo Kiley – Silver Lining (Recordist Mix)
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[Verse 1] / And I'm not going back / Into rags or in the hole / And our bruises are coming / But we will never fold / And I was your silver lining / As the story goes / I was your
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Rilo Kiley – Ripchord (Acoustic)
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[Verse 1] / Pull the ripcord / The ship has lost its sail / Your mama's got a new man / Your daddy always fails / And you're eating again at them / 'Cause nobody loves you / [Verse
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Rilo Kiley – Dreamworld
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“Dreamworld” by Rilo Kiley explores escapism. The song describes disappointing situations that people ignore, choosing to pretend to live in their “dreamworld,” where things are
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Conor Oberst & Jenny Lewis – Conor And Jenny Interview Each Other In Mexico
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CONOR: How are you doing today? / JENNY: I'm chilling. This is my first time in Mexico City. First show in Mexico period / CONOR: Nice / JENNY: I don't know happened back in the
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Rilo Kiley – American Wife
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Losing your brave / Is that what he said? / The flag will still wave / Even after you're dead / I'll be your American wife / Like the eagle perched atop the globe / We'll climb up
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Rilo Kiley – Breakin' Up
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[Verse 1] / It's not as if New York City / Burnt down to the ground / Once you drove away / It's not as if the sun won't shine / When clouds up above / Wash the blues away / [
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Rilo Kiley – 13 (Sandbox Session)
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When I was thirteen I liked the boys on the TV shows / Teen Beat posters pasted up on my window / And I took them to the bedroom in my mind / When I was fourteen I liked the girls
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Rilo Kiley – Pull Me In Tighter (Sunset Sound Demo)
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There's no need for depression / And no, I don't have the blues / Wouldn't wanna go to heaven / If I can't go there with you / And I still count my blessings / When I am standing
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Rilo Kiley – Sword
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He fell on his sword / Not two years ago today / And if you haven't noticed / Been waiting for you to take me away / If nothin' warrants nothin' / I'll gladly give you away / For
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Rilo Kiley – Ripchord
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The song is speculatively, but most commonly regarded to be about the death of singer/songwriter Elliott Smith. The group opened for some of Smith’s final shows and was good friend
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Rilo Kiley – A Man/Me/Then Jim
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From the 2004 album More Adventurous. As the title suggests, this song is from the perspective of first a man, followed by the author or character, then Jim.
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Rilo Kiley – Does He Love You? (Acoustic)
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[Verse 1] / Get a real job, keep the wind at your back / And the sun on your face / All the immediate unknowns / Are better than knowin' this tired and lonely fate / [Chorus 1
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Rilo Kiley – More Adventurous
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[Intro] / Hm, it wasn't that rad / [Verse 1] / And it's only doubts that we're counting / On fingers broken long ago / I read with every broken heart / We should become more
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Rilo Kiley – Runnin' Around
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You know he's always runnin' around / 'Cause he's a runnin' around kind of guy / You know he's runnin' around / And with runnin' around he's fine / He's runnin' around with a bad
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Rilo Kiley – And That's How I Choose to Remember It
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Broken into three pieces throughout the record, “And That’s How I Choose to Remember It” is Jenny Lewis' recounting of parts of her childhood and her parents' divorce through a
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Rilo Kiley (Ft. Too $hort) – Dejalo (Zondo Remix)
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Dejalo, nuestra cosa / Dejalo, nuestra cosa / Dejalo, nuestra cosa / Dejalo, nuestra cosa / I got a mind if you wanna waste it / I got a man if you wanna fake it / I got some wine
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