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Afroman – Crazy Rap (Colt 45 & 2 Zig-Zags)
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“Crazy Rap” is a single from the comedic rapper Afroman detailing his various sexual experiences.
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Dolly Parton – Halos and Horns
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[Chorus] / Halos and horns, sinners and saints / Hearts that are torn between what's wrong and right / Just because it feels right does not make it so / So we struggle through life
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Dolly Parton – Not for Me
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[Chorus] / Birds sing for everyone but me, for me it rains / And I can't hear the music for the pain / I see such happiness for some, but not for me / [Verse] / With love, I always
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Dolly Parton – Raven Dove
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[Verse 1] / There will come a day when sorrow fades away / And anguish and heartache shall ease / No mothers crying, no soldiers dying / And turmoil and misery shall cease / [Verse
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Dolly Parton – If
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[Verse 1] / If a picture paints a thousand words, then why can't I paint you? / The words will never show the you I've come to know / If a face could launch a thousand ships, then
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The Animals – The House of the Rising Sun
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The Animals' version of the American folk song is considered one of the 20th century’s British pop classics. While the original version was sung in the character of a woman led
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Dolly Parton – Dagger Through the Heart
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[Verse 1] / Oh, you're out there tonight with another / And my pain is so dreadfully sharp / I picture you with her and shudder / It's like a dagger through the heart / [Verse 2
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Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain
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Prince’s definitive power ballad “Purple Rain” peaked at #2 on the Hot 100 on November 17, 1984 behind Wham’s “Wake Me Up Before You Go Go”. It was the title track of the album and
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Dolly Parton – It's All Wrong, But It's All Right
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[Verse 1] / Hello, are you free tonight? / I like your looks, I love your smile / Could I use you for awhile? / It's all wrong, but it's all right / [Verse 2] / The amber sunset
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Lynyrd Skynyrd – Free Bird
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“Free Bird” is a song by the American southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, from the band’s first debut (Pronounced ‘Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd) (1973). Released as a single the following
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Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You
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“I Will Always Love You” was covered by Whitney Houston and recorded for her 1992 film The Bodyguard. The song was originally written by Dolly Parton and released on June 6, 1974
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John Lennon – Imagine
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The antithesis of a call to arms, John Lennon’s “Imagine” is one of the most beautiful and awe inspiring songs of all time.
Released in 1971, deep in the heart of the Vietnam War
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Country Genius – The 100 Best Country Songs Of All Time
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This ranking of country songs represents the opinions of the Genius country music com-munity. But what exactly does “best” mean? Unlike a list of best selling songs, this list is
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SiriusXM – Top 1000 Country Songs of All Time (2022)
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1000. Alan Jackson - Country Boy / 999. Greater Bakersfield Show Interview (w/ Dwight Yoakam & Dave Alvin) / 998. The Oak Ridge Boys - Trying To Love Two Women / 997. Chris Cagle
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Shania Twain – Man! I Feel Like a Woman!
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“Man! I Feel Like a Woman!,” the opening track from Shania’s third studio album, Come On Over, is one of her best-known songs to date and one of the most popular girl-power anthems
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Dolly Parton – Sugar Hill
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[Verse 1] / Up on Sugar Hill we'd go walking / Hand in hand while the south wind blow / Bobwhites calling, black crows cawing / Counting the warts on a toad in the road / [Verse 2
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Willie Nelson & Dolly Parton – Everything Is Beautiful (In It's Own Way)
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When I look out over a green field of clover / Or watch the sunset at the end of the day / I get kind of moody when I see such beauty / An' everything's beautiful in it's own way
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Dolly Parton – I'm Gone
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[Verse 1] / Some chewing gum and candy, some magazines and snacks / Some starting-over money that I've been holding back / A change of clothes and notepad to write a letter back
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The Carter Family – Lover's Return
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[Verse 1] / And so you have come back to me / And say the old love's growing yet / You've tried through all these weary years / You've tried too vainly to forget / [Chorus] / No
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Dolly Parton – John Daniel
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[Verse 1] / John Daniel came to town one summer afternoon / Wearing dirty work clothes, so everyone presumed / He was just another logger from the logging camp nearby / And he was
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Jerry Lee Lewis – Great Balls of Fire
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[Verse 1] / You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain / Too much love drives a man insane / You broke my will / But what a thrill / Goodness gracious, great balls of fire! / [
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The Beatles – Let It Be
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One of The Beatles' many iconic ballads, written by McCartney. The level of repetition in the lyrics suggests this song was written quickly and through emotional inspiration
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Dolly Parton – Stairway to Heaven
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[Verse 1] / There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold / And she's buying a stairway to heaven / When she gets there she knows if the stores are all closed / With a word
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Dolly Parton – These Old Bones
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[Chorus] / "These old bones will tell your story / These old bones will never lie / These old bones will tell you surely / What you can't see with your eye / These old bones, I
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Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues
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Perhaps more than any other song, “Folsom Prison Blues” cemented Johnny Cash’s status as the outlaw country archetype. Although he never actually did time in the California prison
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The Cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Season 13 (Ft. Denali Foxx, Elliott with 2 Ts, Gottmik, Kandy Muse, Olivia Lux, The Rosé (Drag Queen), Symone (Drag Queen), Tina Burner & Utica) – Social Media: The Unverified Rusical
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[Introduction: Tina Burner] / Ladies and gentlemen, trollers and scrollers / Tonight is all about you and the living hell you've created! / I know what you're thinking / "Has she
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GRAMMY Awards – 2017 Nominees
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Song of the Year / “Formation”— Beyoncé / “Hello” — Adele / “I Took A Pill In Ibiza” — Mike Posner / “Love Yourself” —Justin Bieber / “7 Years” — Lukas Graham / Record of the Year
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Johnny Cash – I Walk The Line
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One of his most famous songs, “I Walk the Line” is Johnny Cash’s promise to remain faithful to his first wife, Vivian, while he is on the road. It seems a certain ring of fire
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