 Genius Meanings
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Don McLean – Crying
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In the US, Don McLean’s cover of Roy Orbison’s 1961 #2 hit “Crying” was almost successful as the original, reaching #5 on the Hot 100 in March of 1981. In the UK, however, it went
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Don McLean – Crying in the Chapel
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You saw me crying in the chapel / The tears I shed were tears of joy / I know the meaning of contentment / Now I'm happy with the Lord / Just a plain and simple chapel / Where
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Drake – Doing It Wrong
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“Doing It Wrong” is soft, low-tempo, break-up ballad with a harmonica solo from the legendary Stevie Wonder.
The song interpolates Don McLean’s 1977 song “The Wrong Thing To Do.”
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Don McLean – American Pie
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Don McLean released this groundbreaking song on the album American Pie in 1971. It is full of pop-culture references. An entire website has been created by Jim Fann to explore the
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Dougie Maclean – Caledonia
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[Verse 1] / I don't know if you can see the changes that have come over me / In these last few days I've been afraid that I might drift away / So I've been telling old stories
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Don McLean – I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome (Blue & Lonesome Too)
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The lonesome sight of a train going by / Makes me wanna stop and cry / Oh, I recall the day they took you away / I'm blue, I'm lonesome too / And when I hear that lonesome whistle
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Don McLean – It Doesn't Matter Anymore
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There you go and baby, here am I / Well, you left me here so I could sit and cry / Well, golly gee, what have you done to me? / Well I guess it doesn't matter any more / Do you
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Roy Orbison – Crying
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[Verse 1] / I was alright for a while / I could smile for a while / But I saw you last night / You held my hand so tight / As you stopped to say, "Hello" / [Chorus] / Oh, you
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Don McLean – Wonderful Baby
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[Chorus] / Wonderful baby / Living on love / The Sandman says maybe he'll take you above / Up where the girls fly on ribbons and bows / Where babies float by just counting their
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Don McLean – It's Just the Sun
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It's just the sun that's shinin' in your eyes / It's just the moon that is the sun's disguise / Just the sky, with clouds a blowin' by / The sun and the moon and the sky, and you
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Don McLean – #4 Lotta Lovin'
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Well I wanna-wanna lotta-lotta lovin' / Well I wanna-wanna lotta-lotta huggin' / So baby can't you see that you were meant for me / I want your lovin', yes-a-ree / Well I wanna-
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Fugees – Killing Me Softly
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The Fugees' first mega-hit is a fairly straightforward cover of a song by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, written for and originally recorded by Lori Lieberman and made famous by
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Don McLean – Wonderful Night
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It's a wonderful night and the music is right / Will you dance with me and hold me tight / I don't know why I feel this way / It's how I feel when they start to play / That old
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Don McLean – Since I Don't Have You
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[Intro] / (Doop-doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo / Doop-doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo / Doop-doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo) / [Verse 1] / I don't have plans and schemes / And I don't have hopes
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Don McLean – Orphans Of Wealth
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There is no time to discuss or debate / What is right, what is wrong for our people / Time has run out for all those who wait / With bent limbs and minds that are feeble / And the
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Don McLean – Great Big Man
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Rust on your fingers, you got trouble at your feet / Keep the home fires burning, but look out for the heat / 'cause there's a man at the window who knows just what you think / And
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Don McLean – He's Got You
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I've got your picture that you gave to me / And it's signed with love just like it used to be / The only thing different the only thing new / I've got your picture he's with you
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Don McLean – Did You Know
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Did you know that love can grow any place where people go / And I can tell by what I see that you have found a place with me / The sun is high the day is new and / I have found a
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Don McLean – Chain Lightning
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Sometimes when I'm thinkin' that love's not around / My heart begins sinkin', I don't hear a sound / And the world is in blackness, no light shines on me / I suffer no blindness
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Don McLean – If You Could Read My Mind
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If you could read my mind, love / What a tale my thoughts could tell / Just like an old time movie / 'Bout a ghost from a wishing well / In a castle dark or a fortress strong
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Don McLean – You Have Lived
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You have lived such a gentle life upon this earth / That I am stunned by your sight / If I could give but a token of the love you have / Then I might not be this lonely tonight
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Lil Peep – 16 Lines
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“16 Lines ” is the sixth track on the posthumous album Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 2 from late rapper Lil Peep.
It was previously leaked through the internet on June 14, 2017
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Don McLean – La La Love You
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If you wanna make me happy, here is all you gotta do / Take me where you're going and I'll take care of you / 'Cause I got this need that's growing to keep you satisfied / And if
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Don McLean – Mother Nature
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I want her so bad / Mother Nature has a hold on me / I want her so bad / Mother Nature won't you let me be untied? / 'Cause it hurts my pride / To be tossed off like the morning
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