Genius Lyrics
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Sinéad O'Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U
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Originally written and composed by Prince for one of his side projects, The Family. It was later made famous by Irish recording artist Sinéad O'Connor, whose arrangement was
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Sinéad O'Connor – Troy
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The song uses the story of the ancient city of Troy as a metaphor. The lyric “Being what you are, there is no other Troy for you to burn” is a reference to the poem “No Second Troy
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Sinéad O'Connor – Black Boys on Mopeds
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[Verse 1] / Margaret Thatcher on TV / Shocked by the deaths that took place in Beijing / It seems strange that she should be offended / The same orders are given by her / [Verse 2
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Sinéad O'Connor – Famine
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Extrapolating from her childhood experiences, O’Connor’s song ‘Famine’ blames the Great Hunger on patriarchal power structures and the colonial oppression of the British. A result
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Sinéad O'Connor – Last Day of Our Acquaintance
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This is the last day of our acquaintance / I will meet you later in somebody's office / I'll talk but you won't listen to me / I know what your answer will be / I know you don't
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Sinéad O'Connor – Mandinka
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The song is about the entrapments of coming of age and the problems that come associated with it.
In an interview in The Tech, 12 April 1988, O'Connor said:
“Mandinkas are an
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Sinéad O'Connor (Ft. Christy Moore) – Lord Baker
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[Verse 1: Sinéad O’Connor] / There was a Lord who lived in this land / He being a Lord of high degree / He left his foot down a ship's board / And swore strange countries he would
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Sinéad O'Connor – Milestones (demo)
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Magda Davitt (formerly known as Sinead O'Connor) released a demo debut song under her new name on the Irish Sun. Speaking to the Irish Sun, she said:
David wrote the music. I
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Sinéad O'Connor – Silent Night
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Silent night, holy night / All is calm, we sing, all is bright / Round yon virgin mother and child / Holy infant so tender and mild, we sing / Sleep in heavenly peace / Sleep in
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Sinéad O'Connor (Ft. Seun Kuti) – James Brown
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[Intro] / I want you to take me out / I want you to bring me downtown / I want you to, oh show me around / I want you to take me out / I want you to bring me downtown / I want you
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Sinéad O'Connor – The Moorlough Shore
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Your hills and dales and flowery vales / That lie near the Moorlough Shore / Your vines that blow by borden's grove / Will I ever see you more / Where the primrose blows / And the
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Sinéad O'Connor – Jealous
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[Verse 1] / You're jealous / You just can't stand to see me get along without you / Like I do, you told me to / Now you're jealous / You don't know how hard it was to be alone
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Sinéad O'Connor – Marcus Garvey
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[Verse 1] / Marcus Garvey's words come to pass / Marcus Garvey's words come to pass / Ain't got no food to eat / Ain't got no money to spend, oh-oh-oh / Ain't got no food to eat
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Sinéad O'Connor – The Emperor's New Clothes
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[Verse 1] / It seems years since you held the baby / While I wrecked the bedroom / You said it was dangerous after Sunday / And I knew you loved me / He thinks I just became famous
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Sinéad O'Connor – Downpressor Man
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[Chorus] / Downpressor man, where you gonna run to? / Tell me, downpressor man, where you gonna run to? / Downpressor man, where you gonna run to? / Oh, on that day / [Verse 1
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Sinéad O'Connor – Jackie
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[Verse 1] / Jackie left on a cold, dark night / Telling me he'd be home / Sailed the seas for a hundred years / Leaving me all alone / And I've been dead for twenty years / I've
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Alice Donut – Sinead O'Connor On TV
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I think you're pretty and you even / Look like you've thought things out / But you're so disappointing / With your shaved head and those mystery eyes / You smile embarrassed, like
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Sinéad O'Connor – War
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O'Connor’s version of Bob Marley’s song “War” is best remembered now for what she did on the October 3, 1992 Saturday Night Live show. She altered the wording of the sixth and
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Sinéad O'Connor – Sacrifice
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[Verse 1] / It's a human sign / When things go wrong / When the scent of her lingers / And temptation's strong / Into the boundary / Of each married man / Sweet deceit comes
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Sinéad O'Connor – VIP
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[Preacher:] / Someone say, "Boldness" / [Congregation:] / Boldness / [Preacher:] / The Bible says in Proverbs 28 verse 1 "The righteous shall be bold like a lion." Bold like a lion
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Sinéad O'Connor – Vampire
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Obadiah Obadiah / Jah Jah sent us here to catch vampire / Obadiah Obadiah / Jah Jah sent us here to catch vampire / We have the chalice to lite up Jah fire / When I am nigh catch
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Sinéad O'Connor (Ft. The Band & Roger Waters) – Mother
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Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb? / Mother, do you think they'll like this song? / Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls? / Ooooh, mother should I build a
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Sinéad O'Connor – Red Football
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[Verse 1] / I'm not no red football / To be kicked around the garden / No, no / I'm a red Christmas-tree ball / And I'm fragile / I'm not no animal / Though I am to you / I'm not
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Sinéad O'Connor – Harbour
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[Verse 1] / She is a harbour / And has not harbour / She is only 'she' in inverted commas / She's not well aware / In certain areas / Lost girl in there / Building stupid castles
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Sinéad O'Connor – Petit Poulet
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[Chorus] / Petit poulet / Tout c'est okay / Maintenant bebe tout c'est okay / [Verse 1] / The life you left behind won't find you / The love you kept inside will come / And even
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Sinéad O'Connor – I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
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I'm walking through the desert / And I am not frightened, although it's hot / I have all that I requested / And I do not want what I haven't got / I have learned this from my
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Sinéad O'Connor – Three Babies
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O'Connor shared that “Three Babies” was written about
three miscarriages that I experienced. It is also about the four children I have, though the song is perhaps a prophecy of
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Sinéad O'Connor – Drink Before the War
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A song presumably written with the Irish Republican Army in mind and included on Sinéad O’Connor’s debut album “The Lion and the Cobra”. Not released as a single from the album
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Sinéad O'Connor – Thank You for Hearing Me
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According to O'Connor, this song was written as an expression of her feelings following the then-recent termination of a brief romantic relationship with English art pop musician
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Sinéad O'Connor – Take Me to Church
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[Verse 1] / I don't wanna love the way I loved before / I don't wanna love that way no more / What have I been writing love songs for / I don't want to write them anymore / I don't
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Sinéad O'Connor – Streetcars
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I have chosen I have chosen / To become the love I'm longing / Love was never something beyond me / Underneath me or above me / And I will I must and so I will / Dwell beneath the
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Sinéad O'Connor – Jump in the River
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[Verse 1] / The phone calls always left me unsure / They'd never say things of their own accord / I am preoccupied / I can't get them out of my mind / They are terrified / [Chorus
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Sinéad O'Connor – Gloomy Sunday
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Sunday is gloomy, my hours are slumberless / Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless / Little white flowers will never awaken you / Not where the black coach of sorrow has
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Sinéad O'Connor – Prophet Has Arise
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Jah Prophet has arise (Prophet has arise) / One has arise to judge and execute / Whether your friend or foe / From a long he'll let you know / Moses was a seer / King David was a
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Sinéad O'Connor – Kisses Like Mine
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[Chorus] / You never had kisses like mine / So soft you'll find yourself crying / And after you weep / You'll fall asleep / And while my heart's flying / You'll be dreaming that I'
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Sinéad O'Connor – All Babies
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All babies are born saying God's name / Over and over / All born singing God's name / All babies are flown from the Universe / From there they're lifted by the hands of angels
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Sinéad O'Connor – Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
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After one whole quart of brandy / Like a daisy I'll awake / With no Bromo Seltzer handy / I don't even shake / Men are not a new sensation / I've done pretty well I think / But
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Sinéad O'Connor – I Am Stretched on Your Grave
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Oh, I am stretched on your grave / And will lie there forever / If your hands were in mine / I'd be sure we'd not sever / My apple tree, my brightness / It's time we were together
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