 Genius Lyrics
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Sam Cooke – A Change Is Gonna Come
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This 1964 R&B hit written and performed by Sam Cooke is among the most recognizable pop songs associated with the African American Civil Rights Movement.
One of Cooke’s
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You were told that we were free / This land is made for you and me
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These lines refer to the racism Sam had to face during his career. Even though in 1962 America heralded itself as being the ‘land of the free’, racism on a societal and systematic level was prevalent, leading to the oppression of black people ( as well as other minorities). So even though Sam, and many other people of color at the time, were told they lived in a country based on freedom, they didn’t have their promised rights. Dion then reiterates that America is, or rather should be made ‘for you and me’, meaning that it should be for everyone and not just a specific group of people.
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Sam Cooke – Nothing Can Change this Love
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[Verse 1] / If I go a million miles away / I'd write a letter each and every day / 'Cause honey, nothing, nothing can ever change this love I have for you / [Verse 2] / Mm, make me
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Sam Cooke – Blue Moon
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Blue moon / You saw me standing alone / Without a dream in my heart / Without a love of my own / Blue moon / You knew just what I was there for / You heard me singing a prayer for
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Sam Cooke – That’s Heaven to Me
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The things that I see / As I walk along the streets / That's heaven to me / A little flower that blooms in May / A lovely sunset at the end of a day / Someone helping a stranger
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Sam Cooke – Blowin' in the Wind
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How many roads must a man walk down / Before he's called a man / Tell me, how many seas must a white dove sail / Before she sleeps in the sand? / Tell me, how many times must the
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Sam Cooke – With You
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With you / With you, although I am poor, I feel like a king / With you / With you, though I have nothing, I feel I have everything / But without you my dreams will soon fade away
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Sam Cooke – Jesus Gave Me Water
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Woah, Jesus gave me water, Jesus gave me water / Jesus gave me water, I wanna let His praises swell / Jesus gave me water, Jesus gave me water / Jesus gave me water and it was not
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Sam Cooke – Bring It on Home to Me
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Though Sam Cooke claims sole writing credit on this classic 1962 track, “Bring It On Home To Me” is actually a re-working of Charles Brown and Amos Milburn’s 1959 single “I Want To
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Sam Cooke – Another Saturday Night
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Sam Cooke wrote “Another Saturday Night” while touring in England.
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Sam Cooke – Summertime
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It's summertime and the living is easy / Fish are jumping and the cotton is high / Your daddy's rich and your mama's good looking / Hush little baby / Don't you cry / Hmmmm
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Sam Cooke – I Wish You Love
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[Verse 1] / I wish you bluebirds in the spring / To give your heart a song to sing / And then a kiss oh but more than this / I wish you love / [Verse 2] / And in July a lemonade
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Sam Cooke – Soothe Me
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Soothe me baby, soothe me / Soothe me with your kindness / For you know your powerful love is / Soothing to me / Soothe me baby, soothe me / Soothe me with your kindness / For you
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Sam Cooke – Lost and Lookin'
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[Verse 1] / I'm lost and I'm looking for my baby / Wonder why my baby can't be found / I'm lost and I'm looking for my baby / Lord knows my baby ain't around / So I'm lost and I'm
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Sam Cooke – Twistin' the Night Away
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[Verse 1] / Let me tell you about a place / Somewhere up a New York way / Where the people are so gay / Twisting the night away / Here they have a lot of fun / Putting trouble on
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Sam Cooke – Little Red Rooster
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[Verse 1] / I got a little red rooster too lazy to crow 'fore day / I got a little red rooster too lazy to crow 'fore day / He keeps everything in the barnyard upset in every way
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Sam Cooke – Trouble Blues
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[Verse 1] / So many days since you went away / I often think of you night and day / But I know that someday, someday, darling / I won't be trouble no more / [Verse 2] / Trouble
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Sam Cooke – Only Sixteen
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“Only Sixteen” is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released in May 1959. The song was a top 15 hit on Billboard’s Hot R&B Sides chart and also charted within the top
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Sam Cooke – All the Way
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When somebody loves you / Its no good unless he loves you / All the way / Happy to be near you / When you need someone to cheer you / All the way / Taller than the tallest tree is
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Sam Cooke – Lovable
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[Intro] / Lovable / My girl / She's lovable / She's lovable / My, my girl / She's so lovable, mmm, mmm / [Verse 1] / Candy's sweet / And honey too / There's not another quite
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Sam Cooke – Shake
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[Intro] / Shake! / Shake! / Shake! / Shake! / Listen / [Verse 1] / Listen while I talk to you / I tell you what we're gonna do / There's a new thing that's going around / And I'll
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Sam Cooke – Cupid
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As told in Rolling Stone magazine:
Sam Cooke’s producers had the idea for him to do a song for a girl they had seen on a Perry Como TV show. “She didn’t do anything but just look
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Sam Cooke – Good Times
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[Intro] / Wo la da ta da / Lo la ta da / La da da all night long / Yeah / La la, la la ta da / La da da, da da ta da / La da da all night long / Yeah / [Chorus] / Come on and let
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Sam Cooke – Sad Mood
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I'm in a sad mood tonight / Oh I'm in a sad mood / I'm in a sad mood tonight / Oh my baby done gone away and left me / My baby done gone yeah / My baby done gone away and left me
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Sam Cooke – Goin' Home
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Goin' home / Goin' home / I'm a going on / Quiet like some still day / I'm just going home / It's not far / It's just close by / Through an open door / Work all done / Care laid by
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Sam Cooke – Love Me
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[Verse 1] / Love me, for I need someone to hold me tight / For I feel so lonely tonight / All I ask is that you love me (Love me), love me (Love me) / Love me (Love me), love me (
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Sam Cooke – Mary, Mary Lou
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Mary, Mary Lou / Why must you do / The things that you always do / Honey, I've been here a-crying / Sipping and a-sighing / To think it's all because of you / I know the other
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Sam Cooke – Lost and Lookin'
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[Verse 1] / I'm lost and I'm looking for my baby / Wonder why my baby can't be found / I'm lost and I'm looking for my baby / Lord knows my baby ain't around / So I'm lost and I'm
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Sam Cooke – (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
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[Intro] / I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you / I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you
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Sam Cooke – Forever
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If I could see your tender smile / And hold you close just a little while / I'd want this love to last forever / And if one day your trembling hands / Will touch my lips, I'll
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Sam Cooke – Rome (Wasn't Built in a Day)
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Don't, honey don't, go away, no no / Don't you hear, don't you hear / What I say, what I say / Give me time, give me time / I'm gonna make your love as strong as mine / But I know
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Sam Cooke – The Gypsy
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In a quaint caravan there's a lady they call the gypsy / She can look in the future and drive away all your fears / Everyone of your fears / Everything will come right if you'll
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Sam Cooke – Basin Street Blues
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Basin Street, Basin Street / That's the place where my friends all meet / Down in New Orleans / In that land of dreams / And you don't know how nice it seems / It's dear to me, yes
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Sam Cooke – Yeah Man
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Do you like good music / Crazy 'bout music / Any old music / Yeah, yeah / Do you like all the dances / You crazy 'bout the dances / As long as they are swinging / What, what / Let'
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Sam Cooke – The Twist
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Come on baby, let's try that twist / Come on baby, let's try that twist / Let me take you by the hand honey / And it goes like this / All you got to do is, go round / Everybody's
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Sam Cooke – Were You There?
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[Verse 1] / Them was going to Jerusalem / He met two strangers along the way / They were talking all about the Crucifixion / They stopped and here's what he said, he asked them / [
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Sam Cooke – You're Always on My Mind
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You're always my mind / Instilled in my heart / You're always on my mind / Although we are apart / You're always, always / Always on my mind / Baby, the reason why I know / I can't
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Sam Cooke – Smoke Rings
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[Verse 1] / Where do they go / Smoke rings I blow each night? / Oh, where do they go / Those circles of blue and white? / I wonder / Why do they seem / To picture a dream above
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Sam Cooke – When I Fall In Love
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[Verse 1] / Maybe I'm old fashioned, feeling as I do / Maybe I am living in the past / But when I meet the right one / I know that I'll be true / My first love will be my last / [
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Sam Cooke – Pray
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O pray when you're feeling low / When the ill wind blows / Don't forget to pray / Pray when you go to bed / For your daily bread / Don't forget to pray / You can awake to beautiful
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Sam Cooke – It's All Right
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[Chorus] / Whoa, it's all right / It's all right / It's all right / Honey, it's all right / Long as I know, long as I know that you love me / Honey, it's all right / It's all right
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Sam Cooke – Little Girl
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Little girl / You're the one girl for me / Little girl / You're as sweet as can be / Just a glance at you meant / Love from the start / And oh, what a thrill came / Into my heart
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Sam Cooke – He's So Wonderful
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[Intro] / Wonderful, God is so wonderful / He's wonderful, God, He's so wonderful / (Wonderful) / [Verse 1] / The Lord is my shepherd, He's my guide / Whatever I need, the Lord
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Sam Cooke – Just For You
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[Chorus] / Just for you (Just for you), just for you (Just for you) / Just for you (Just for you), my love (Just for you) / Whoa (Just for you), for you (Just for you) / Just for
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Sam Cooke – (Ain't That) Good News
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Oh my baby's comin' home tomorrow / Ain't that good news? / Man ain't that news? / Baby's comin' home tomorrow / Ain't that news? / Man ain't that news? / I got a letter just the
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Sam Cooke – Tenderness
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[Verse 1] / Be nice to her / Whenever you can / And as you cross the street / Always hold her hand / [Hook] / You'll find out / Tenderness goes a long, long way / [Verse 2] / So
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