 Genius Lyrics
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The National – Friend of Mine
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A poster on SongMeanings.com claims that he interviewed Matt Berninger, and Matt told him:
It was based on an actual event in his life between him and a friend. The song is about
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Johnny Lloyd (Ft. Clif Norrell) – Friend Of Mine
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[Verse 1] / I see the city in the morning / And I remember all you said / I watch the day dawnin' / How you never left my head / [Chorus] / Oh, Carolina / Won't you be a friend of
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Michael Nesmith (Ft. The First National Band) – Dedicated Friend
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Has anybody seen my power? / It is gone from where I laid it down / I have only been away an hour / And I saw it when I left for town / So if you see it, won’t you call me promptly
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Breton – A Close Personal Friend of Mine
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We’re saving you from your / seven-year cold war / We’re saving you from more / Hasting you negotiate your blood spilled. / We’re saving you from your / seven-year cold war / We’re
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The Grateful Dead – Friend of the Devil
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In this song, The Grateful Dead write about a life of crime and how it has affected the narrator—all contained in that beautiful downward melody with which the whole opens and
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Taylor Swift (Ft. HAIM) – no body, no crime
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“no body, no crime” is an imaginative take on Swift’s part on a true crime story, featuring HAIM band member Este Haim—good friends of Swift's—as the center of a missing persons
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The National (Ft. Phoebe Bridgers) – Your Mind Is Not Your Friend
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In a news release about First Two Pages of Frankenstein, Matt described how “Your Mind Is Not Your Friend” was also inspired by the first two pages of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
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National Suicide – Pisshead
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Too many bombs, too many tombs, too many cops / A mess of blood, too many War Pigs, too many lies / Too many tears, too many cries / I wanna know, what’s going on? Is it a
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Counting Crows – Friend of the Devil
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I lit out from Reno / Was trailed by twenty hounds / I didn't get to sleep last night / Till the morning came around / Set out runnin' but I take my time / A friend of the devil is
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Girls in your arms / You could have planted a farm / With all of them hay-seeds
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Hayseed: “A person from the country, especially one who is simple and unsophisticated.”
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Reload – Friend Or Foe
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Locked up mind, some days some lines / Decades of hate and lies / Told with that fake-ass smile / That follows me on different ways tonight / Pissed, but never read the signs
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Lenka – Trouble Is a Friend
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[Verse 1] / Trouble he will find you no matter where you go, oh oh / No matter if you're fast no matter if you're slow, oh oh / The eye of the storm or the cry in the morn, oh oh
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Corey Taylor – Friend of the Devil
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I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds / Didn't get to sleep last night till the morning came around / Set out runnin but I take my time / A friend of the devil is a
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National Suicide – Massacre Elite
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Some men associated with an italian bloody gang / Where shot to death by several men dressed in black / "The Thrasher’s Day Massacre" as it was known / Was never officially linked
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Zach Bryan – Oklahoman Son
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[Verse 1] / When I get back to Oklahoma / I'll be a little better off than I am right now / And you talk so strong but you can't stand straight / How'd you fall for a man I've
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Jesse Dayton – Redneck Friend
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[Verse 1] / Pretty little one / How has it all begun? / They're teaching you how to walk / But you're already on the run / Little one / Well, what you gonna do? / Little one
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Liz Phair – May Queen (live)
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Don't be fooled by him he's fine / Rock and roll Ken doll / He's a national end-all / He's an on and off friend of mine / Where have I been? / Got any what? / Who have I seen? / I
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Ministry – Friend of the Devil
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I split out of Reno / I was trailed by twenty hounds / Didn't get to sleep last night / 'Till the morning came around / Still out front, gonna take my time / A friend of the devil
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Kirk Franklin (Ft. Bono, Crystal Lewis, Dalon Collins, Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly & Tamela Mann) – Lean On Me
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[Intro: Kirk Franklin] / This is for that little child with no father / For that man that doesn't have a place to stay / For that little boy living with AIDS / [R. Kelly] Can I
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Friend of the Devil
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I walked to the window turned out the light / Looked at the city went through the night / Yeah I stood in the darkness stood all alone / Thank God for California thank God I'm
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Barbra Streisand – Hideaway
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I saw you looking in the mirror / I saw you fighting with your conscious / I think you need a little time away and I may give you mine / And you can find me in the moon glow / You
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Dougie Young (Ft. Dougie Young) – They Say It's A Crime
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Now they say it's a crime, drinking beer and wine / Will lead a good man astray / When it comes to grog, I'm a fair dinkum hog / I guess I was born that way / But I'll drink and
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The National – Abel
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At SongMeanings.com a user named _yoda writes:
When I saw The National live at the City Recital Hall in Sydney (first show), Matt remarked wryly just before the song began: “This
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SMASH Cast (Ft. Will Chase) – A Song for You (SMASH Cast Version)
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[MICHAEL] / I've been so many places in my life and time / I've sung a lot of songs I've made some bad rhyme / I've acted out my life on stages / With ten thousand people watching
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The National – Looking for Astronauts
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We're out looking for astronauts, looking for astronauts / We're out looking for astronauts, looking for astronauts / It's a little too late, too late, too late for this / Isn't it
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Harry McClintock – Hallelujah! I’m a Bum
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Rejoice and be glad, for the springtime has come / We can throw down our shovels and go on the bum / Hallelujah, I'm a bum / Hallelujah, bum again / Hallelujah, give us a handout
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The National – City Middle
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[Chorus] / Karen, take me to the nearest famous city middle where they hang the lights / Where it's random and it's common versus common, la-de-la / Karen, take me to the nearest
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The National (Ft. Taylor Swift) – The Alcott
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“The Alcott” is the final single from The National’s ninth studio album First Two Pages of Frankenstein .
Matt Berninger was inspired by his wife, Carin Besser, for the concept of
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Tori Amos – Ode to My Clothes
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[Verse] / Somewhere in the hills of Ireland there's a Prada bag / And somewhere down the lane there's a dog in Gucci lace / And sometimes I think that I will lose sleep at night
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Son Volt – The Storm
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[Verse 1] / Been in this storm so long / Been in this storm so long / Spent all my money on whiskey and women / Been in this storm so long / [Verse 2] / Been down to keep these
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.AnonymousYP (Ft. Asafa & Lincoln WaMambo) – Painted Black
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[Verse I] / Recently painted my heart same color as my pigment / On my pallet, see colors that can't be / One shade but still tryna' paint the grass green / It might be the side of
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Christopher Jackson, Daveed Diggs, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Okieriete Onaodowan – Cabinet Battle #2
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This song is a sequel to “Cabinet Battle #1,” deepening the battle lines between Hamilton’s Federalists and Jefferson’s Democratic-Republicans. In this case, Hamilton supports
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Ric Flair – "There are so many diamonds around your Rolex, we can't tell what time it is!"
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Ric Flair: "Well, Tony [Schiavone], before I start talking about the Koloffs and Magnum TA: At a point in time when this nation needs a national hero, I'm gonna start it out
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The National Parks – 1953
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“1953” describes National Parks front liner Brady Parks' grandparents' relationship as they got together despite national unrest, and also offers a fictional coversation as his
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Sting – Englishman in New York
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“Englishman in New York” was released as a single in 1988. The song’s main subject was Quentin Crisp, a British writer. Sting said this about the song in the liner notes for
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National Lampoon – You Put Me Through Hell (Joni Mitchell Parody)
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I'm gonna tell the whole world how you put me through hell / And the better I tell it, the better it'll sell / How you made me make your breakfast / How you made me make your bed
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TLC – No Scrubs
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“No Scrubs” was the lead single from TLC’s third album, FanMail, released on February 2, 1999. The song was a huge success. Topping the charts in early 1999 and going #1 in the
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