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Songs That Reference Literature

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Songs That Reference Literature Lyrics

In alphabetical order by title.

A

"A Rose for Emily" - The Zombies

B

"Bastards" - Kesha

C

"Catcher in the Rye" - Guns N' Roses

D

"Don't Stand So Close To Me" - The Police

E

F

"Feed My Frankenstein" - Alice Cooper
"Firework" - Katy Perry
"Forsaken" by David Draiman
"Frankenstein" - Lenny Kravitz

G

"Getaway Car" - Taylor Swift
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" - Elton John
"Gothic Lolita" - Emilie Autumn

H

"hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but i have it" - Lana Del Rey
"H.W.C." - Liz Phair

I

"I Wanna Be Yours" - Arctic Monkeys

J

K

L

"Lolita" - Lana Del Rey
"Lolita" - The Veronicas
"Lord of the Flies" - Iron Maiden
"Love Story" - Taylor Swift

M

"Mad As Rabbits" - Panic! At The Disco
"Mio min Mio" - Basshunter

N

"New Romantics" - Taylor Swift

O

"Off to the Races" - Lana Del Rey

P

"Paranoid Android" - Radiohead

Q

R

"Ramble On" - Led Zeppelin
"Rivendell" - Rush

S

"Scentless Apprentice" - Nirvana
"Soma" - Smashing Pumpkins

T

"The Battle of Evermore" - Led Zeppelin
"The Ocean" - U2
"This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things" - Taylor Swift
"Time To Dance" - Panic! At The Disco
"Tom Sawyer" - Rush

U

V

"Venus in Furs" by Velvet Underground

W

"Welcome to 1984" - Anti-Flag
"White Rabbit" - Jefferson Airplane
"Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?" - Green Day
"Wonderland" - Taylor Swift

X

Y

"Yellow Brick Road" - Eminem

Z

#

"1984" - David Bowie

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