 Genius Meanings
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The Beatles – Blackbird
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“Blackbird” is Paul McCartney’s hopeful essay on the Civil Rights Movement and the “End of Racism in America”.
The tune was inspired by J.S. Bach’s Bourrée in E minor, a well
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The Beatles – Blackbird/Yesterday
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Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away / Now it looks as though they're here to stay / Oh, I believe in yesterday / Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be / There's a
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The Beatles – Blackbird (2018 Mix)
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[Verse 1] / Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take these broken wings and learn to fly / All your life / You were only waiting for this moment to arise / [Verse 2] / Black
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The Beatles (Ft. George Martin) – Blackbird/Yesterday (LOVE Version)
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[Intro: Blackbird] / [Verse 1: Yesterday (Onwards)] / Yesterday / All my troubles seemed so far away / Now it looks as though they're here to stay / Oh, I believe in yesterday
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Sarah McLachlan – Blackbird
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[Verse 1] / Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take these broken wings and learn to fly / All your life / You were only waiting for this moment to arise / [Verse 2
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The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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Written and sung by George Harrison, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” is considered one of the Beatles' masterpieces.
Rolling Stone ranked it #10 in their “100 Best Beatles Songs
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Boyce Avenue – Blackbird
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Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take these broken wings and learn to fly / All your life / You were only waiting for this moment to arise / Blackbird singing in the dead
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The Beatles – Yesterday
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“Yesterday” is the most covered song in history, with over 2,000 versions having been recorded. A spare, haunting song of lost love from the early Beatles catalog, it was sung
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Sarah Vaughan – Blackbird
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Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take those broken wings and learn to fly / All your life / You were only waiting for this moment to arise / Blackbird singing in the dead
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KIDZ BOP Kids – Blackbird
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Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take these broken wings and learn to fly / All your life you were only waiting for this moment to arise / Blackbird singing in the dead of
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Evan Rachel Wood – Blackbird
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[LUCY] / Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take these broken wings and learn to fly / All your life / You were only waiting for this moment to arise / Blackbird singing in
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The Beat Bugs (Ft. Sia) – Blackbird
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Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take these broken wings and learn to fly all your life / You were only waiting for this moment to arrive / Blackbird singing in the dead of
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The Beatles – Mother Nature's Son
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A typically upbeat acoustic ditty by McCartney, composed after he was inspired by a lecture given by the Maharishi in India.
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Glee Cast – Blackbird
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Pavarotti, a bird in the Warbler’s care suddenly dies in Kurt’s care, assumably from a stroke. As the Warblers' council decision, he is able to sing, with the Warblers joining
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Foo Fighters – Blackbird
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Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take these broken wings and learn to fly / All your life / You were only waiting for this moment to arise / Blackbird singing in the dead
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The Guess Who – Black Bird
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[Chorus] / Blackbird singing in the dead of night / Take these broken wings and learn to fly / All your life / You were only waiting for this moment to arise / [Verse] / Black bird
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The Beatles – Helter Skelter
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A “helter skelter” is an amusement park ride with a slide built in a spiral around a high tower (it’s also British slang, meaning “in disorderly haste or confusion”)
Paul
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Ringo Starr – Bye Bye Blackbird
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[Chorus] / Pack up all my cares and woe / Here I go, singing low / Bye, bye, blackbird / Where somebody waits for me / Sugar is sweet, so is she / Bye, bye, blackbird / [Verse 1
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