Genius Lyrics
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The Smiths – The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
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Please don't cry / For the ghost and the storm outside / Will not invade this sacred shrine / Nor infiltrate your mind / My life down I shall lie / If the bogey-man should try / To
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Glen Campbell (Ft. Steve Wariner) – The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
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He got here red and wrinkled scared and cryin' / Then she took him up and held him to her breast / And he sure was glad to get what mama offered / Then he went to sleep and put his
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The Smiths – What Difference Does it Make? - Single Edit
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[Verse 1] / All men have secrets and here is mine / So let it be known / For we have been through hell and high tide / I can think I can rely on you / And yet you start to recoil
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The Smiths – Still Ill
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“Still Ill” is a 1984 track by The Smiths, composed by lead singer Morrissey and guitarist Marr. The track premiered on the eponymous debut album The Smiths.
The song is primarily
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The Smiths – The Draize Train
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[Instrumental]
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Sandie Shaw & The Smiths – Hand In Glove
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[Verse 1] / Hand in glove / The sun shines out of our behinds / No, it's not like any other love / This one is different because it's us! / Hand in glove / We can go wherever we
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The Smiths – These Things Take Time
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“These Things Take Time” is another upbeat Smiths' song with an homoerotic sexual undertone. It was originally released as a B-side to the maxi single version of “What Difference
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The Smiths – I Don't Owe You Anything
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“I Don’t Owe You Anything” tells the story of a person trying to charm someone over Johnny Marr’s smooth groove.
As stated in the book Mozipedia – The Encyclopedia of Morrissey
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The Smiths – Pretty Girls Make Graves
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“Pretty Girls Make Graves” is about Morrissey’s view on sex expressed through an encounter with a lustful girl.
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The Smiths – Hand in Glove
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“Hand in Glove” was released in May 1983 as The Smiths' first single.
The song was later featured on the band’s first album, The Smiths, and also on their two compilation albums
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The Smiths – Rusholme Ruffians (Peel session, August 1984)
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[Verse 1] / The last night of the fair / By the big wheel generator / A boy is stabbed and his money is grabbed / And the air hangs heavy like a dulling wine / She is famous, she
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The Smiths – Suffer Little Children
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“Suffer Little Children” is the final track on The Smiths’s self-titled debut album. It is about the Moors murders, but only mentions one of the two murderers involved, namely Myra
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The Smiths – What Difference Does It Make?
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“What Difference Does It Make?” is the Smiths' third single in the UK, released on the 16th of January, 1984. The song peaked at #12 on the UK Singles Chart, being relevant in the
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The Smiths – You've Got Everything Now
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Morrissey expresses his bitterness towards a person whom he implies is only faking his happiness, because Morrissey believes that having a casual life isn’t enough.
Morrissey
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The Smiths – Reel Around the Fountain
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From The Smiths' eponymous first album. “Reel Around the Fountain” met with controversy, with some tabloid newspapers alleging the songs were suggestive of paedophilia, a claim
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The Smiths – Reel Around The Fountain (Troy Tate Version)
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[Verse 1] / It's time the tale were told / Of how you took a child / And you made him old / It's time the tale were told / Of how you took a child / And you made him old / You made
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The Smiths – Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
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This is a typical Morrissey song about a person who is upset or depressed, and doesn’t want to waste any more time on thoughtless people. It was released as a single backed with “
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The Smiths – Miserable Lie
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“Miserable Lie” tells the story of a naive country boy corrupted by the lustful ways of a prostitute. A quintessential Smiths track.
It is especially notable for its odd song
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John Denver – The Chosen Ones
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I heard how all the lights went out in Memphis / On the death night anniversary of the king / The pretenders talking dirty in the palace / But it doesn't have that old familiar
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Corduroy – Data 70
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[Instrumental]
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Corduroy – Evolver
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[Verse 1] / I have seen the future / And it moves so fast / If you choose to be someone / Then make it last / [Chorus] / Be an evolver / Everything that can change will in time
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