 Genius Meanings
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Robbie Williams – Eternity
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Released as a single with “The Road to Mandalay” for the album “Sing When You’re Winning” it was never actually released in an album until “Greatest Hits” It also featured on his
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Robbie Williams – Eternity (XXV)
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[Verse 1] / Close your eyes so you don't fear them / They don't need to see you cry / I can't promise I will heal you / But if you want to, I will try / [Pre-Chorus 1] / I'll sing
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Robbie Williams – All Climb On
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Robbie described this song as a “message in a bottle, to say NO” if he feels he will “emotionally and physically give up”, which “is a quite frightening place to be…”
Under the
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Robbie Williams – Misunderstood
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[Verse 1] / Tryin' to be misunderstood / But it doesn't do me any good / Love the way they smiled at me / Held their face for eternity / Now let them all fly off / [Pre-Chorus 1
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Robbie Williams – Angels
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Robbie Williams’s signature song, a number one hit that saved what had, until that point, been a stuttering start to his solo career.
In 1995, Irish singer/songwriter Ray
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Robbie Williams – Tripping
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[Verse 1] / First, they ignore you / Then laugh at you and hate you / Then they fight you, then you win / When the truth dies, very bad things happen / They're being heartless
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Robbie Williams – Rock DJ
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Robbie said:
This song is a party song, that is party songs usually have inane lyrics that mean nothing. Everything else has been, you know, emotional. It’s been, I’m sad, or, I
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Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman – Somethin' Stupid
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Alternately titled ‘Something Stupid’.
The first single released on Swing When You’re Winning. Williams takes on another song made famous by Sinatra, this time with actress Nicole
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Robbie Williams – That's Life
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That's life, that's what all the people say / You're riding' high in April / Shot down in May / But I know I'm gonna change that tune / When I'm back on top, back on top in June
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Robbie Williams – Millennium
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“Millennium” was the lead single from Robbie Williams‘ album I’ve Been Expecting You.
The song heavily samples the title song from You Only Live Twice (written by John Berry and
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Robbie Williams – Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
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[Verse 1] / Do nothin' 'til you hear from me / Pay no attention to what's said / Why people tear the seams of anyone's dreams / Is over my head / Do nothin' 'til you hear from me
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Robbie Williams (Ft. Kylie Minogue) – Kids
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“Kids” is a duet by Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue, released as the second single from Sing When You’re Winning, Williams' fourth studio album. It was also included on Minogue’s
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Robbie Williams – Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me
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[Verse 1] / Do nothin' 'til you hear from me / Pay no attention to what's said / Why people tear the seams of anyone's dreams / Is over my head / Do nothin' 'til you hear from me
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Robbie Williams (Ft. Kylie Minogue) – Kids
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“Kids” is a duet by Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue, released as the second single from Sing When You’re Winning, Williams' fourth studio album. It was also included on Minogue’s
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Robbie Williams & Frank Sinatra – It Was a Very Good Year
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The 5th track of Swing When You’re Winning. The song features vocals from Frank Sinatra, who had died a few years before the recording of this album. What they did was take Sinatra
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Robbie Williams – Heart and I
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Robbie said of the song:
What does “Heart and I” mean? Well, literally those words are lifted from “When Love Breaks Down” – ‘My [love] and I, we work well together’. That was the
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Robbie Williams – Lola
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I met her in a club down in old Soho / Where you drink champagne and it taste just like cherry cola / C-O-L-A cola / She walked up to me, and she asked me to dance / And when I
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Robbie Williams – Come Undone
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Robbie said:
So unimpressed but so in awe' – that’s the dichotomy of me. I think it’s another one of those songs where I just want to dissect a perception of myself. ‘Because I’m
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Robbie Williams – She's the One
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[Chorus] / I was her, she was me / We were one, we were free / And if there's somebody calling me on / She's the one / If there's somebody calling me on / She's the one / [Verse 1
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Robbie Williams – Let’s Face the Music and Dance
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There may be trouble ahead / But while there's moonlight and music / And love and romance / Let's face the music and dance / Before the fiddlers have fled / Before they ask us to
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Robbie Williams – Better Man
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Robbie said:
I wrote this song called ‘Better Man’ and we were in the South of France and I was staying at this lovely place up in the mountains. I picked up the guitar and I went
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Robbie Williams – Often
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Often, I don't see it if I've been wrong / And boy have I been wrong / Often, I don't need it until it's gone / But by then it's gone / Often, I make the worst decisions / Say that
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Robbie Williams – The Postcard
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I don't remember receiving your postcard / I never got much post / So it shouldn't have been too hard / You were on holiday with your school / In some French town / And while you
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Robbie Williams – The Lady Is a Tramp
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She wined and dined on Mulligan stew / And never wished for turkey / As she hitched and hiked and grifted too / From Maine to Albuquerque / Alas, she missed the Beaux Arts Ball
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Robbie Williams – Beyond the Sea
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Somewhere, beyond the sea / Somewhere waitin' for me... / My lover stands on golden sands / And watches the ships that go sailin' / Somewhere, beyond the sea / She's there watchin
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Robbie Williams – Ain't That a Kick in the Head
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How lucky can one guy be? / I kissed her and she kissed me / Like a fella once said: / "Ain't that a kick in the head?" / The room was completely black / I hugged her and she
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Robbie Williams – Dogs & Birds
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[Verse 1] / In this day and age we forget that we’re animals / Any wonder we’re all so alone / Mama, I feel so ashamed, we’re just cannibal / I didn’t make it but the bed is my
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Robbie Williams – Don't Stop Talking
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Don't... / Don't stop talking / 'Cause when you start gain / It won't make sense / Don't.. / Don't stop breathing / You've got to carry on / Despite the evidence / 'Cause we.. we'
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Robbie Williams – Email from a Vampire
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Baby when you're coming down / I could get to slum around you / If I got my talking right / Maybe I’ll be someone who’ll do / When I met you should have told me / You were somebody
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Robbie Williams – Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
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Everytime we say goodbye / I die a little / Everytime we say goodbye / I wonder why a little / Why the gods above me / Who must be in the know / Think so little of me / They allow
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Robbie Williams – Straighten Up and Fly Right
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[Verse 1] / A buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air / The monkey thought that everything was on the square / The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back / The monkey
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Robbie Williams (Ft. Queen) – We are the Champions
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[Verse 1] / I've paid my dues, time after time / I've done my sentence but committed no crime / And bad mistakes, I've made a few / I've had my share of sand kicked in my face, but
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Robbie Williams – Mack the Knife
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Mack The Knife / Oh the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear / And he shows them, pearly white / Just a jackknife has MacHeath, babe / And he keeps it, out of sight / Ya know when
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Robbie Williams – The Road to Mandalay
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Robbie said:
My favourite on the album is probably a song called ‘Road To Mandalay’. We started to write, I was doing this French television show and then because we were in
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