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The Doors – Been Down So Long
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The title was inspired by Richard Farina’s 1966 novel Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me – Farina died in a motorcycle accident two days after it was published. The lyrical
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The Doors – Been Down So Long (Alternate Version)
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Born from the blind, delusional mind / Bite the hand that feeds the lie / The garden is severed, burned is the truth / Open your eyes 'cause God hates you / The serpents have the
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Dr. Feelgood – Been Down So Long
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Down so Goddamn long that it looks like up to me / Well, I've been down so very damn long that it looks like up to me / Well, why don't some you, people, come on and gotta set me
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The Doors – L.A. Woman (Pt. 1) [L.A. Woman Sessions]
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Apr 19, 1971 ... 3. Been Down So Long (2021 Remaster) (Missing Lyrics). 4. Cars Hiss By My Window (2021 Remaster). 5. L.A. Woman ...
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The Doors – Hyacinth House (Demo) [2021 Remaster]
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[Intro] / Work in progress, take one / [Refrain] / What are they doing in the Hyacinth House? / What are they doing in the Hyacinth House? / To please the lions, this day / [Verse
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The Doors – L.A. Woman (2021 Remaster)
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Well, I just got into town about an hour ago / Took a look around, see which way the wind blow / Where the little girls in their Hollywood bungalows / Are you a lucky little lady
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Drake – Fake Love
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“Fake Love” finds Drake criticizing friends and associates who only show him love because of his incredible success. He identifies their false emotions and explains how he deals
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Marvin Gaye – So Long
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In “So Long”, Marvin Gaye bids an unfaithful lover goodbye for the last time.
This song has the unusual writing team of Eddie Holland, Norman Whitfield, and R. Dean Taylor. It was
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Jewel – Down So Long (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Sun sets 'cross the ocean / I'm a thousand miles from anywhere / My pocketbook and my heart both just got stolen / And that sun act like she don't even care / And the
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Jessi Colter – Why You Been Gone So Long
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[Verse 1] / Every time it rains / Lord, I run to my window / All I do is ring my hands and moan / The wolf is scratchin' at my door / And I can hear the lonesome wind moan / [Pre-
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Chase & Status (Ft. Tempa T) – Hypest Hype
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[Intro] / Well, I've been down so god damn long, come on / Down, down, so god damn long, come on / Down, down, so god damn long, come on! / Down, down, so god damn / God, God, God
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The Doors – She Smells So Nice
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Man, the first woman know she smells so nice / And she looks so good i gotta zip up once or twice / Well i've been down / Up and up / Up and down / In 99, but i love my woman
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Chris Hillman – Why You Been Gone So Long
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Everytime it rains Lord I run to my window / All I do is just wring my hands and moan / I listen to that thunder Lord you hear that lonesome wind blow / Tell me baby why you been
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Jerry Lee Lewis – Why You Been Gone So Long
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Ever time it rains Lord, I run to my window / All I do is wring my hands and moan / Listen to that thunder roar / And I can hear that lonesome wind blow / Tel me why baby, why ya
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3 Doors Down – Long Day
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[Verse 1] / The rose on the table / There's blood in the bath / I think I should stay here / But I think I'll pass / I'm not gonna wait here / So I wish you would come / But I'm
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Furry Lewis – I Will Turn Your Money Green
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When I was in Missouri would not let me be / When I was in Missouri would not let me be / Wouldn't rest content till I came to Tennessee / If you follow me baby, I'll turn your
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Gretchen Peters – Why You Been Gone so Long
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Every time it rains Lord I run to my window / All I do is just wring my hands and moan / Listen to that thunder roll can’t ya hear that lonesome wind moan / Tell me baby now why
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Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood – Pentacostal
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[Verse 1] / Down so long now, Jesus / You know I been down so long / Far turned out and freezing / Won't you carry my body home? / [Chorus 1] / This is why I came / To live a life
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Kirk Franklin – Looking for You
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[Verse 1] / I've been down so long / I've been hurt for so long / There were times I thought I'd never see the break of day / It was hard for me to see your plan for me / And I
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Tony Rice – Why You Been Gone So Long
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[Verse 1] / Every time it rains, Lord, I run to my window / All I do is just wring my hands and moan / And listen to that thunder, Lord / Can't you hear that lonesome wind moan
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Mickey Newbury – Why You Been Gone So Long
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Every time it rains Lord I run to my window / All I do is just wring my hands and moan / Listen to that thunder roar can you hear that lonesome wind moan / Tell me baby, now why
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The Doors – Cars Hiss By My Window (Alternate Version)
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The cars hiss by my window / Like the waves down on the beach / The cars hiss by my window / Like the waves down on the beach / I got this girl beside me but she's / Out of reach
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The Doors – Cars Hiss By My Window (Alternate Version)
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The cars hiss by my window / Like the waves down on the beach / The cars hiss by my window / Like the waves down on the beach / I got this girl beside me but she's / Out of reach
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David Allan Coe – Why You Been Gone so Long
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Every time it rains Lord / I run to my window / All I do is hang my head and moan / I listen to that thunder roll / And hear lonesome wind moan / Tell me baby why you been gone so
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Railroad Earth – Been Down This Road
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1,2,3 / Come round amen corner / And there she standin in the door / Staring in the eyes of my poor soul / Been around I wore those shadows / That sooner or later drag ya down
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Velvet Revolver – Get Out the Door
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Come on closer, won't you tell me what you got / Wait a minute girl, you're something that you're not / Big cities screaming, driving feathers to and fro / Brass in pocket, thought
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Solé (MO) (Ft. Big Gipp) – We've Been Trying Too Long
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[Intro: Big Gipp & Solé] / Hey, look here / What's up? / Shawty, I don't think this thing between us is gon' work no more / Ah, you don't think it's gon' work? / Nah / Tryna to say
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Jewel – You Were Meant For Me
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A simple yet heartbreaking song, “You Were Meant For Me” follows a young woman as she tries to get through the day without her ex, clinging onto her hope that he/she will realize
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Tommy Cash (US) – Why You Been Gone So Long
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[Verse 1] / Every time it rains, Lord / I run to my window / All I do is ring my hands and moan / Listen to that thunder roll / And I can hear that lonesome wind blow / Tell me
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Josh Turner – Your Man
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[Pre-Chorus] / Baby lock the door and turn the lights down low / Put some music on that's soft and slow / Baby we ain't got no place to go / I hope you understand / [Chorus] / I've
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The Doors – L.A. Woman
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[Verse: Jim Morrison] / Well, I just got into town about an hour ago / Took a look around, see which way the wind blow / Where the little girls in their Hollywood bungalows / Are
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Martin Briley – Maybe I've Waited Too Long
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You're so late / I don't know what you think it's provin' / I hid the clock / But I can feel the numbers moving / I don't know why I still worry about you / Do you think I've
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Jordan Air Young – 4 Too Long
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Yeah, look at me now I’m too cold / Look how far we done came / There’s still a long way to go / I wake up in the morning / Put my faith in the lord / I pray I open doors, my city
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Dio – Holy Diver
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Dio sums up the narrative of the song in an interview with Sam Dunn in the 2005 film Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey:
The song ‘Holy Diver’ is really about a Christ-figure, who on
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3 Doors Down – It's Not My Time
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The song’s lyrics seem to hold a theme which is very reminiscent of the title, “It’s Not My Time”. Very powerful vocals are present as the singer urges himself to keep pushing no
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3 Doors Down – Kryptonite
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The song was written by drummer/vocalist Brad Arnold in a mathematics class when he was fifteen and was one of the first songs he ever wrote.
In terms of the song’s meaning Arnold
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Mac Dre (Ft. Harm) – I've Been Down
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Real niggas / (Let's make this official, baby) / Real before rappin / Respect before success / [Chorus: Harm] / I've been down / For oh so long / Starin' at these prison walls / I
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The Doors – Cars Hiss by My Window
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The 4th song off The Doors' final album with Jim Morrison, L.A. Woman.
A typical blues-rock song possibly about an argument with a lover and the feelings that come with it. Ray
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3 Doors Down – Here By Me
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[Verse 1] / I hope you’re doing fine out there without me / ‘Cause I’m not doing so good without you / The things I thought you’d never know about me / Were the things I guess you
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Starrkeisha (Ft. Cameron J (Rapper) & Starrkeisha) – The Baby Momma Dance
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This video was made by Cameron J and his alter ego Starrkeisha intended as a dance anthem for baby mamas!!
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MO3 – Long Time Coming
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[Intro] / It's been a long a long time coming (long time coming) / But I know to keep my gun (yeah) / I was raised wit a pistol (pistol) / On a lil street (Forest Ln & Audelia
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Coolio (Ft. L.V. (South Central Cartel)) – Gangsta's Paradise
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“Gangsta’s Paradise” was released in August 1995 as the lead single from the Dangerous Minds soundtrack and the song’s success led Coolio to name his second studio album Gangsta’s
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Eleven Hundred Springs – Why You Been Gone So Long
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Everytime it rains Lord I stand at my window / All I do is wring my hands and moan / Can you hear the thunder roar / Can you hear that Lonesome wind blow / Tell me baby why you
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3 Doors Down – Give it to Me
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[Verse 1] / It feels like something got in the way / And maybe I had something to do with it / There's not much that i can say / But there sure is something I've got to prove to
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3 Doors Down – Living a Lie
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[Verse 1] / Say goodbye to all my troubles / Say goodbye to this / I'm saying goodbye to all the desperation I've lived in / It doesn't hurt to talk about it / It sometimes helps
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Taylor Swift – All Too Well
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Widely regarded as one of Swift’s best songs, “All Too Well” sees her picking up shards of memories after a gut-wrenching breakup. She jumps through time to reflect on her best and
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3 Doors Down – Where My Christmas Lives
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[Verse 1] / Light me a candle, I’m coming home / Then leave it by your side where I belong / I’ve been in this cold world for so long / So Light me a candle, I’m coming home / [
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