 Genius Meanings
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Peter Allen – Fly Away
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You're an anchor, I'm uptight / You're what gets me through the night / You keep me steady and on course / 'Til I found you I was lost / But you're the earth and I'm a sky / And
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Peter Allen – Harbour
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Don't ask me if it's over / Don't ask me if I changed / I don't know why I can't keep playing / Such exciting games / Won't you be a little soldier? / I know your tears well enough
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Peter Allen (Ft. Hugh Jackman) – If You Were Wondering
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If you were wondering / Who I am, I am a man / Just like any other man / Unlike any other man / If you were wondering / Who I was, I was a boy / Let me guess, just like any other
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Peter Allen – I Still Call Australia Home
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I've been to cities that never close down / From New York to Rio and old London town / But no matter how far or how wide I roam / I still call Australia home / I'm always
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Peter Allen – Bi-Coastal
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You used to live in New York City / Then you moved to L.A / But you still miss the streets / Where you used to play / So you hurry on back there / Even leave your pool and your car
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Peter Allen – I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love
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I'd rather leave while I'm in love / While I still believe the meaning of the word / I'll keep my dreams and just pretend / That you and I were never gonna end / Too many times I'
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Peter Allen – (I've Been) Taught by Experts
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I've been taught by experts in the art of cruelty / Now I'm giving lessons free, all it takes is three / I'll teach you to make friends with pain, that's lesson number one / No, it
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Peter Allen (Ft. Hugh Jackman) – Not The Boy Next Door
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Comin' home used to feel so good / I'm a stranger now in my neighborhood / I've seen the world at a faster pace / And I'm comin' now from a different place / Though I may look the
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Peter Allen – Don't Wish Too Hard
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Don't wish too hard for what you want / Or then you might get it / And then when you get it / Then you might wish you never got it all / And don't go lookin' for love to come / Or
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Peter Allen – Don't Cry Out Loud
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Baby cried the day the circus came to town / Cause she didn't want parades just passin' by her / So she painted on a smile and took up with some clown / And she danced without a
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Peter Allen – The More I See You
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The more I see you, the more I want you / Somehow this feelin' just grows and grows / With every sigh I become more mad about you / More lost without you and so it goes / Can you
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Peter Allen – Paris At 21
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Paris in 21, at 21 / Paris in 21, at 21 / Paris in 21, at 21 / Sweet mirrored illusions / Keeping on rolling along / Between the past and the present / All that's felt in an old
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Peter Allen – Tenterfield Saddler
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The late George Woolnough / Worked on High Street and lived on Manners / Fifty- two years he sat on his verandah / And made his saddle / And if you had questions about sheep or
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Peter Allen – Six-Thirty Sunday Morning/New York, I Don't Know About You
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Six thirty Sunday morning and it's rainin' / The kind of rain you'll only find on the west side / Six thirty Sunday morning someone's joggin' / The way he runs makes me think he's
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Peter Allen (Ft. Hugh Jackman) – Continental American
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Once there was a time / When this town was so high / We could never come down / When rules did not apply / We would drink fountains dry / In a club filled with sound / And bands
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Peter Allen – Quiet Please, There's A Lady On Stage
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[Verse 1] / Quiet please, there's a lady on stage / She may not be the latest rage / But she's singing and she means it / And she deserves a little silence / Quiet please, there's
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Peter Allen – This Time Around
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I'm gonna take my time this time around / Nobody's gonna turn me upside down / I know the score and lots of times before / I made my move but now I'm sure / You want me for myself
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Peter Allen – When I Get My Name In Lights
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I'll dance and I'll sing. I'll do anything / Just to get my name in lights / I've got to try to hit the heights / Now that I'm free as a breeze again / Old nimble knees again / And
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Peter Allen – I Honestly Love You
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Maybe I hang around here / A little more than I should / We both know I got somewhere else to go / But I've got something to tell you / That I never thought I would / But I believe
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Peter Allen – One Step Over the Borderline
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Woke up here, in the desert / Wondering where'd everybody go / Last thing I remember / Is going through hills of snow / Lots of palms in your arms / I went so high I went so low
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Peter Allen – She Loves to Hear the Music
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She's just a secretary in a small recording firm / But when it comes to music there ain't nothing she can learn / Cuz everything she lives and breathes is written on an album
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Peter Allen (Ft. Hugh Jackman) – Everything Old Is New Again (Reprise)
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When trumpets were mellow / And every gal only had one fellow / No need to remember when / 'Cause every thing old is new again / Dancin' at your Long Island Jazz Age parties
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Peter Allen (Ft. Hugh Jackman) – Only An Older Woman
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You need an older woman to teach you / One who is barely reaching her prime / Who thinks you're fun, not someone to preach to / What do you say, let's have a good time / 'Cause
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Peter Allen – I Could Have Been A Sailor
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I'm a happy man / I made my choice in life / I chose to settle down / I chose to take a wife / And I take pleasure in my quiet / Hearth and happy home / I never gave my heart / Its
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Christopher Cross – Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
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“Arthur’s Song (Best That You Can Do)” was the main theme song for the 1981 Dudley Moore film Arthur. Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager chose Cross to sing it “because the year
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Olivia Newton-John (Ft. Peter Allen) – Tenterfield Saddler
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The late George Woolnough / Worked on High Street / And lived on manors / 52 years he sat on his veranda / And made his saddles / And if you had questions / About sheep or flowers
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Melissa Manchester – Don't Cry Out Loud
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“Don’t Cry Out Loud” was written by Carol Bayer Sager & Peter Allen. As the story goes he was taught to put on a brave face and never show his emotions even after his father
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Peter Allen (Ft. Isabel Keating) – All I Wanted Was The Dream
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All I wanted was the dream / Just like anybody else / I didn't want it pushed aside / Forgotten on a shelf / I wanted laughs and lots of lovers / And limitless wealth / I just want
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Cher – She Loves to Hear the Music
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[Verse 1] / She's just a secretary / At a small recording firm / When it comes to music / There ain't nothing she can't learn / And everything she lives and breathes / Is written
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