 Genius Lyrics
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Rod Stewart – Maggie May
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“Maggie May” is an embellished retelling of a tryst Rod Stewart had with an older woman in 1961. Rod Stewart recalls the circumstances that inspired the song:
In July 1961, a few
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Rod Stewart – Handbags & Gladrags
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Handbags and Gladrags is written by Mike d'Abo in 1967 during the time he was the lead singer of Manfred Mann.
Rod Stewart recorded the song in 1969 with Mike d'Abo playing the
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Rod Stewart – Human
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[Intro] / Ah / Ah, ah / Ah / Ah, human / [Verse 1] / I been lookin' in the mirror somethin's gettin' clearer / Wonderin' who am I / Just a chemical solution caught in evolution
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Rod Stewart (Ft. Queen Latifah) – As Time Goes By
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[Verse 1: Rod Stewart, Queen Latifah & Both] / This day and age we're living in / Gives cause for apprehension / With speed and new invention / And things like third dimension
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Rod Stewart – Sailing
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‘Sailing’ was released as a single on Rod Stewart’s Sixth album “Atlantic Crossing”.
The single reached the top of the charts, being #1 Number Hit on the UK charts (1975).
Rod’s
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Rod Stewart – Young Turks
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Young Turks is the second single from Rod Stewart’s 1981 album Tonight I’m Yours.
The title Young Turks is never heard in the song and the chorus centers on the words: Young
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Rod Stewart – I Don't Want to Talk About It
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This is a cover of Crazy Horse’s “I Don’t Want to Talk About It”. Out of all of the versions of the song (including the original), this is probably the most popular.
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Rod Stewart – Get Back
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Jo Jo was a man who thought he was a loner / But he knew it wouldn't last / Jo Jo left his home in Tucson Arizona / For some California grass / Get back! Get back! / Get back to
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Rod Stewart – Sailor
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[Intro] / You ain't gonna get me, honey, no way / [Verse 1] / Tearing down the highway in the pouring rain / Escaping from my wedding day / I heard the bells ringing in the local
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Rod Stewart – Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
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Good morning little schoolgirl / Good morning little schoolgirl / Can I come home with / Can I come home with you / Tell your mama and your papa / I once was a schoolboy too
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Rod Stewart – Your Song
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It's a little bit funny, this feeling inside / I'm not one of those, who can easily hide / I don't have much money, but boy if I did / I'd buy a big house where we could both live
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Rod Stewart (Ft. Booker T. & The MG's) – To Love Somebody
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[Verse 1] / There's a light / A certain kind of light / That never shone on me / I want my life to be, lived with you / Lived with you / And there's a way, everybody says / To do
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Rod Stewart – Love Is
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[Verse 1] / And so you come to me with your questions / On a subject on which I'm well-versed / Though I'm still as dumbfounded as the first time I found her / It's either a
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Rod Stewart – This
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[Verse 1] / Down by law, on Baker Street / Lay your head back on, this field of dreams / Then close your eyes / There's a few that, find love / On Sundays down by the sea / And
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Rod Stewart – Rosie
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[Verse 1] / No more machines, Coke canteens, no more standing in line / Monday morning blues, rush hour queues, gonna leave it all behind / No more tools, union rules, no more
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Rod Stewart – Street Fighting Man
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[Verse 1] / Everywhere I hear the sound / Of marching, charging feet boy / 'Cause the summer's here / And the time is right for / Fighting in the street boy / Hey, think the time
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Rod Stewart (Ft. Faces) – Stay with Me
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Woo! / Get it / In the mornin' don't say you love me / 'Cause I'll only kick you out of the door / I know your name is Rita / 'Cause your perfume's smelling sweeter / Since when I
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Rod Stewart – Hot Legs
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Some songs don’t require any decoding; everything you need to know is right there in the title.
Alternately described as one of Stewart’s best and worst songs ever, you’d have to
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Rod Stewart – Time
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Time waits for no one / That's why can't wait on you / Time waits for no one / That's why can't wait on you / Bittersweet all the memories of you / But I don't suppose you ever
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Rod Stewart – Rhythm of My Heart
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[Verse 1] / Across the street, the river runs / Down in the gutter, life is slipping away / Let me still exist in another place / Running under cover of a helicopter blade / [Verse
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Rod Stewart – Satisfied
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[Verse 1] / It's a common misconception / About a man's role in this world / A provider and survivor and / A winner who must never fail / But oh how he needs a woman / To reassure
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Rod Stewart – Lost Paraguayos
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[Verse 1] / Darling, I hate to tell you but I think I'm catching a cold / Put another chair on the fire, bring the bottle over here / I feel I'm getting old / I like your laugh and
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Rod Stewart – One More Time
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[Verse 1] / It's not the color of your hair / Or the beauty in your eyes that I'll be missing / Or the sunshine in your smile / Or those ruby red lips I've been kissing / Now your
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Rod Stewart – Grace
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As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Jail / I think about these past few weeks, oh will they say we've failed? / From our school days they have told us we must yearn
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Rod Stewart – Hold On
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Hold on, hold on / Hold onto what you've got / Hold on, hold on / Hold onto what you've got / The world is changing in a biased way / And the sword cuts both ways at last / Do we
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Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells a Story
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[Verse 1] / Spent some time feelin' inferior / Standing in front of my mirror / Combed my hair in a thousand ways / But I came out looking just the same / Daddy said, "Son, you
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Rod Stewart – Time After Time
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What good are words I say to you? / They can't convey to you what's in my heart / If you could hear instead / The things I've left unsaid / Time after time / I tell myself that I'm
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Rod Stewart – Passion
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“Passion” was the lead single from Rod Stewart’s tenth album, It became a top 20 hit for Rod Stewart around the world including a #5 peak in the US.
The song was also featured
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Rod Stewart – You Wear It Well
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Stewart is reaching out to an old lover whom he still has fond feelings for. He describes all the good times they had, and the bad ones too. He realizes that the woman from his
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Rod Stewart (Ft. Michael Bublé) – Winter Wonderland
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[Chorus: Michael Bublé & Rod Stewart] / Sleigh bells ring, are you listening / In the lane, snow is glistening / A beautiful sight / We're happy tonight / Walking in a winter
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Rod Stewart – The Killing of Georgie, Pts. 1 & 2
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This is about a gay friend of Rod’s. When he comes out to his parents he gets kicked out, so he moves out to New York and becomes successful. One day after a show he walked home
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Rod Stewart – Missing You
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(Missing you, Missing you, Missing you) / (Missing you, Missing you, Missing you) / Every time I think of you / I always catch my breath / And I'm still standing here / And you're
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Rod Stewart – True Blue
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[Verse 1] / Never been a millionaire / And I tell you, mama, I don't care / Never gonna own a race-horse / Or a fast back mid-engine Porsche / Don't think I'll own a private jet
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Rod Stewart (Ft. The Temptations) – The Motown Song
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[Intro] / There's a soul in the city / Watchin' over us tonight / There's a soul in the city / There's a whole world waitin' out there / Ahh yeah / Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
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Rod Stewart – Girl from the North Country
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Cover of “Girl From The North Country” which was written in 1963 by Bob Dylan and was released on the second track of his second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.
Musically, this
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Rod Stewart – Please
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[Verse 1:] / Look at us standing here / Staring into space, wondering what to say / If it's all about trust / Look into my eyes, I ain't that kind of guy / It's cold outside and I
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Rod Stewart (Ft. Bette Midler) – Manhattan
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[Verse 1: Rod Stewart, Bette Midler & Both] / Summer journeys to Niagra / And to other places aggravate our cares / We'll save our fares / I've a cozy little flat in / What is
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Rod Stewart – Legless
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I've been working all of my life / Tryin' to make a dollar last / Well in this morning my telephone rang / As I was putting out the trash / Excuse me sir are you Mr. Jones? / I
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