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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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The Doors – Been Down So Long (Pt. 1) [L.A. Woman Sessions]
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[Chorus] / Well, I've been down so Goddamn long / That it looks like up to me / I've been down so very damn long / That it looks like up to me / What one of you people / Come along
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The Doors – Been Down So Long Samples
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See all of “Been Down So Long” by The Doors’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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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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A Line On Drake’s “Fake Love” Is From A 1920s Blues Song
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The Doors and The Grateful Dead have also used the lyric.
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The Doors – L.A. Woman, Pt. 2 (L.A. Woman Sessions) [2]
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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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Sting – Down So Long
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[Verse 1] / The sun sets across the ocean / I'm a thousand mile from anywhere / And my pocketbook in my heart / Both just got stolen / And the sun act like she don't even care
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The Doors – The Changeling (2021 Remaster)
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Ooh / Ooh / Ooh / Get loose / I live, uptown / I live, downtown / I live, all around / I had money, and I had none / I had money, and I had none / But I never been so broke that I
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The Doors – Love Her Madly (2021 Remaster)
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[Intro] / Don't ya love her madly? / Don't ya need her badly? / Don't ya love her ways? / Tell me what you say / [Verse] / Don't you love her madly? / Wanna be her daddy? / Don't
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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 – 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Johnny Darrell – Why You Been Gone So Long
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Every time it rains Lard 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 baby why you been
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Paladins – I've Been Down Before
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I've been down so long i can't get up i been cried cuz i drove you away i've been down before but it never hurt this bad and i don't wnat it to end this way. all my life i tried so
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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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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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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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Cal Scruby – Too Long
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[Verse 1: R I L E Y] / Open up the door, baby / This Balenciaga outfit isn't even out on the stores, baby / Got a phone 'bout to pull, baby / Oh baby / I been on this since my
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The Van Jets – Here comes the light
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Inside, something got us locked inside / Wonder what's on the outside / Closed doors, closed hearts / Up for it from a to z I'm up for it / Ah, so get down on it / On every letter
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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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Chase & Status – Hypest Hype Samples
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See all of “Hypest Hype” by Chase & Status’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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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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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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Carl Perkins – Why You Been Gone So Long?
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Every time it rains, baby, I run to my window / And all I do is rain my hands and moan / I listen to that thunder roll / Can't you hear that lonesome wind moan? / Tell me, baby
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Kwesi Arthur – Devil Knocking
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Intro / Is this a lesson Oh my God? / Or e be destiny? Is it my destiny? / Show me a sign / Refrain / Oh my God, oh my God / I’ve been down so long / Will your blessings come my
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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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Dawn Of Relic – The Awakening
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They have been down so long / I can hear them singing / Hear their hearts / Feel their passion / Feel their scars / Doors are shut / To Time and fate / It was for us us to share
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Oh Susanna – So Long
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Black is the color of your dark, dark soul / And yours is as black as a deep dark hole / Who taught you, baby, to be so cruel? / And why's the world got to pay for what's done to
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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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Fleetwood Mac – Never Going Back Again
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The third track on Fleetwood Mac’s magnum opus, Rumours, this is the song with least lyrics and most instrumentation, features a complex guitar playing, and simple lyrics.
The
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