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Simon & Garfunkel – At the Zoo
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“At the Zoo” tells the story of a trip to NYC’s Central Park Zoo, where the narrator characterizes the animals in playful ways. The song was meant to be included in The Graduate
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence
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This track about the inability of people to communicate emotionally, was thought by many to be a response to the Kennedy assassination as it was written during the same time and
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Sally Mayes – Feelin' Groovy / At the Zoo
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[Part I: Feelin' Groovy] / [Intro] / Ba da da da, bum bum bum, ba da da da / Ba da da da, ba ba da da da dum, ba da da da / La la bum, ba ya bum, ba da, da da da / Da da da, da da
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Simon & Garfunkel – America
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“America”, written by Paul Simon, is a song recorded by Simon & Garfunkel. It was included in their album Bookends, released on 3 April 1968, and is notable as one of the few rock
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Simon & Garfunkel – Punky's Dilemma
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[Verse 1] / Wish I was a Kellogg's Cornflake / Floatin' in my bowl, takin' movies / Relaxin' awhile, livin' in style / Talkin' to a raisin who occasionally plays L.A / Casually
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Simon & Garfunkel – A Hazy Shade of Winter
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“A Hazy Shade of Winter” is a song written by Paul Simon, recorded and released by Simon & Garfunkel in 1966, and then included on their 1968 album, Bookends (although it also
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Simon & Garfunkel – Old Friends
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[Verse 1: Paul Simon] / Old friends / Old friends / Sat on their park bench like bookends / A newspaper blown through the grass / Falls on the round toes of the high shoes / Of the
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Simon & Garfunkel – Overs
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[Verse 1: Paul Simon] / Why don't we stop fooling ourselves? / The game is over, over, over / No good times, no bad times / There's no times at all / Just The New York Times
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Simon & Garfunkel – My Little Town
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“My Little Town” was written by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. It appeared as the second song on Simon’s solo album “Still Crazy After All These Years” and as the sixth song on
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Simon & Garfunkel – Red Rubber Ball (Live)
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I should have known you'd bid me farewell / There's a lesson to be learned from this / And I learned it very well / Now I know you're not / The only starfish in the sea / If I
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Simon & Garfunkel – Fakin' It
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“Fakin' It” was one of Simon’s and Garfunkel’s single releases in 1967. Its B-side was “You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies,” the duo’s only non-LP track which made its album
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Simon & Garfunkel – Voices of Old People
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Man 1: I got little in this world. I give honesty without regret. One hundred dollars for that picture. I remember taking a picture with... / Woman 1: Ooh! Let me show you. Let me
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Simon & Garfunkel – Bye, Bye Love (Live)
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Bye bye love / Bye bye happiness / Hello loneliness / I think I'm gonna cry / Bye bye love / Bye bye sweet caress / Hello emptiness / I feel like I could die / Bye bye love
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Simon & Garfunkel – Star Carol
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Long years ago, on a deep winter night / High in the heavens, a star shone bright / While in the manger, a wee baby lay / Sweetly asleep, on a bed of hay / Jesus our lord, was that
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Simon & Garfunkel – Save the Life of My Child
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[Verse 1] / "Good God! Don't jump!" A boy sat on the ledge / An old man who had fainted was revived (He's alright) / And everyone agreed it would be a miracle indeed / If the boy
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Simon & Garfunkel – You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies
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You don't know that you love me / You don't know but I know that you do / You may think you're above me, yeah / What you think isn't always true / Don't try to debate me / You
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Simon & Garfunkel – Comfort and Joy
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God rest ye merry gentlemen / Let nothing you dismay / Remember Christ our savior / Was born on Christmas Day / To save us all from Satan's power / When we we're gone astray / Oh
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence (Single Version)
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Hello darkness, my old friend / I've come to talk with you again / Because a vision softly creeping / Left its seeds while I was sleeping / And the vision that was planted in my
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Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends Theme (Reprise)
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This song was featured on the 1968 album by the duo named Bookends. It is a continuation of the previous song, “Old Friends” and similarly reflective in style.
The song was
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Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends Theme
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[Instrumental]
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Guy Haines – Bookends / Old Friends
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[Part I: Bookends] / [Verse] / Time it was and what a time it was, it was / A time of innocence / A time of confidences / Long ago, it must be / I have a photograph / Preserve your
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Garfunkel & Oates – I Would Never (Dissect a Ewe)
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A seven, a eight, a nine, ten, eleven, twelve / [Verse 1] / Remember the time we were in Biology class? / We had to grow a plant to learn photosynthesis / Let's do it again
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Jason Graae – The Graduate Medley
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[Part I: Scarborough Fair] / [Verse 1] / Are you going to Scarborough Fair? / Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme / Remember me to one who lives there / She once was a true love of
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The Weeknd – Less Than Zero
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“Less Than Zero” is the fifteenth track from The Weeknd’s fifth studio album, following the success of his previous album, After Hours.
On the disco-pop track, Abel sings about
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Hoobastank – The Reason
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The eighth track of Hoobastank’s 2003 album of the same name, and the second single from the album. “The Reason” is a pop-rock ballad about someone who regrets harming a loved one
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James Taylor – Carolina in My Mind
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[Chorus] / In my mind, I'm gone to Carolina / Can't you see the sunshine? / Now can't you just feel the moonshine? / And ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind
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John Mellencamp – Jack & Diane
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Despite John ‘Cougar’ Mellencamp’s many hits, “Jack And Diane” remains his sole chart-topper, having hit #1 in the US in the fall of 1982. It was ranked the #7 song of 1982 by
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The J. Geils Band – Centerfold
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“Centerfold” is a song about a man’s high school heartthrob ending up as the main feature of an adult magazine.
The band originally wanted “Angel In Blue” to be the album’s first
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Johnny Cash – A Boy Named Sue
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While Johnny Cash made this song famous when he recorded it live during his concert at San Quentin, he didn’t write it.
The author, famed musician, poet and raconteur Shel
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Crosby, Stills & Nash – Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
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Crosby, Stills & Nash performed the song for the first time at the legendary Woodstock festival. The song is ranked 418th on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All
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