 Genius Lyrics
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The Beatles – This Boy
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John Lennon wrote this song. One of his early compositions, it is seemingly simple, but very clever. The song contains only a few notes, but the space between the notes is filled
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The Beatles – Bad Boy
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The song was recorded in 1965, in the same session that “Dizzy Miss Lizzy” was recorded, intended to be included in their album Help, but only made it to the US compilation Beatles
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The Beatles – Boys
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Boys is the first official Beatles song to feature lead vocals from Ringo Starr, who usually had at least one vocal appearance on every Beatles album (with the exception of A Hard
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Paul McCartney – Teddy Boy
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[Verse 1] / This is the story of a boy named Ted / If his mother said, "Ted, be good", he would / She told him tales about his soldier dad / But it made her sad, then she'd cry, oh
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The Beatles – Teddy Boy (Savile Row Sessions)
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This song was demoed for the Get Back sessions (which later became Let It Be). It appeared on Paul McCartney’s first solo album, McCartney.
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The Beatles – This Boy (Take 12 & 13)
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That boy / Took my love away / Though he'll regret it someday / But this boy wants you back again / That boy / Isn't good for you / Though he may want you, too / This boy wants you
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The Beatles – Teddy Boy (1969 Glyn Johns Mix)
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[Verse 1] / This is the story about a boy named Ted / If his mother said (Said), "Ted, be good (Be good, Ted)" / He would (Alright) / She told him tales about his soldier dad / But
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The Beatles – This Boy Samples
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See all of “This Boy” by The Beatles’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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The Beatles – Carry That Weight
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McCartney, Harrison, and Starr began recording the “Golden Slumbers”/“Carry That Weight” medley while John Lennon was in the hospital in Golspie, Scotland following a car accident
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The Beatles – A Day in the Life
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For “A Day in the Life,” John Lennon wrote the opening and closing sections, while McCartney contributed the bridge. For the climax, they hired an orchestra of 40 musicians
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The Beatles – This Boy Covers
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See all of “This Boy” by The Beatles’s covers
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The Beatles – Mother Nature's Son
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A typically upbeat acoustic ditty by McCartney, composed after he was inspired by a lecture given by the Maharishi in India.
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The Beatles – Rocky Raccoon
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This is a folk pastiche by McCartney inspired by a fireside jam the group and their companions had in India.
The song takes its influences from American folk music phrasings and
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The Beatles – She Said She Said
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“‘She Said, She Said’? That’s mine. It’s an interesting track. The guitars are great on it. That was written after an acid trip in L.A. during a break in the Beatles tour
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John Lennon – Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
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A lovely song John wrote for his son, Sean. It’s quite a lot like a lullaby, and he’s really just a father comforting his son.
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MonaLisa Twins – This Boy
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That boy took my love away / Oh, he’ll regret it someday / But this boy wants you back again / That boy isn’t good for you / Though he may want you too / This boy wants you back
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The Angels (USA) – Little Beatle Boy
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[Verse 1] / Little Beatle boy / With your hair down in your eyes / You can hold my hand tonight / Little Beatle boy / [Verse 2] / Little Beatle boy / You can make my dreams come
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The Beatles – I Am the Walrus
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“I Am the Walrus” was made up of three distinctly different songs–the first is the beginning of the song, which John was given the idea of by hearing a distant police siren. The
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The Beatles – Bad Boy Samples
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See all of “Bad Boy” by The Beatles’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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James Richards – Soldier Boy
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[Intro] / And now back to your local station / [Verse 1: Paul McCartney, John Lennon] / Soldier boy kisses girl / Leaves behind a tragic world / Any time, any day / You can hear
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Pamungkas – This Boy
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[Verse 1] / That boy took my love away / Though he'll regret it someday / But this boy wants you back again / [Verse 2] / That boy isn't good for you / Though he may want you too
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The Beatles – Back in the U.S.S.R.
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Written by McCartney as a pastiche of The Beach Boys, its inspiration came from the Chuck Berry song Back In The USA, from Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s “I’m Backing Britain
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Utopia – Silly Boy
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[Verse 1] / In the days when I was young I never had to cry / If I wanted a lover I did not have to try / But I must have set my expectations far too high / Guess I'm just a silly
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The Beatles – Drive My Car
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The first song on 1965’s Rubber Soul album, Drive My Car reversed the traditional boy-girl roles in The Beatles' songs, presenting a tale of a gold digger and wannabe star who
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The Beatles – Maxwell's Silver Hammer
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The third track from Abbey Road tells the story of a student who commits a spontaneous and gruesome murder. Written primarily by Paul McCartney (but, as usual, credited under the
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The Beatles – You Can't Do That
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The twelfth track on the soundtrack to A Hard Day’s Night is one of John Lennon’s most upbeat rock ‘n’ roll songs. It was influenced by Larry Williams, one of Lennon’s heroes; and
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The Beatles – Shimmy Shake (Live in Germany)
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[Chorus] / (Boy's home, boy's home) / Shimmy, shimmy / (Boy's home, boy's home) / Shimmy, shimmy / (Boy's home, boy's home) / Shimmy, shimmy / North, east (ee-yeah) south, west
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The Beatles – Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
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A dry-witted story of a man who failed to charm his love interest into bed, and how he got his revenge in an extreme (and sociopathic) way.
Norwegian Wood is my song completely
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Marillion – Three Minute Boy
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Here today / Gone this afternoon / Another tune we almost remember / What's the story / Sex and drugs again / Business as usual / The clock's already ticking / La la la la / When
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Soulja Boy – Black Beatles (Remix)
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[Verse] / That girl is a real crowd pleaser / Small world, all her friends fuck me / Big Soulja and I'm scrolling through the streets / Draco on me and it's in the backseat / Bad
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