Frequently Requested Lyrics
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about the exact words, we thought it best to give a selection. In addition, web URLs have a
bad habit of being unreliable or relocating or disappearing completely.
Africa - Toto
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http://gene.wins.uva.nl/~jellekok/lyrics/past_to_present.html#2
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http://dutibe.twi.tudelft.nl/~vbaarsel/lyrics/t_ptp.html#2
American Pie - Don McLean
- - - http://www.summer.com.br/~pÞlho/oldies_list/top/lyrics/american_pie.txt
Interpretations of the lyrics:
- - - http://mmm.mbhs.edu/~bconnell/cty/american-pie.html
Angel - Sarah McLachlan
As long as you love me - Backstreet Boys
Because the Night - Patti Smith/Bruce Springsteen
- - - covered by 10,000 Maniacs
Bitch - Meredith Brooks
Blinded by the Light
- - - http://www.kissthisguy.com/real.html
Manfred Mann version:
- - - http://www.summer.com.br/~pÞlho/html/lyrics/b/blinded_by_the_light.txt
- - - http://www.jyu.Þ/~kelly/manfred/blinded.html
Bruce Springsteen version:
- - - http://www.xs4all.nl/~maroen/engels/lyrics/blindedb.htm
- - - http://www.luckytown.org/lyrics.html
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
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http://www.superior.net/~jimligon/lyrics/Literock/Deep_Blue_Something/Breakfast_At_Tiffanys.txt
Can't get enough of your love baby - Barry White
Can't take my eyes off you - Franki Valli
- - - covered by Lauryn Hill
Cat's in the Cradle - Harry Chapin / Ugly Kid Joe
- - - (NOTE: Harry and his wife wrote this song - not Cat Stevens, Ugly Kid Joe, etc.)
Change The World - Eric Clapton
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http://www.ils.nwu.edu/~davies/ecla/song-lyrics/change-the-world
Come On Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
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http://www.summer.com.br/~pfilho/html/lyrics/c/come_on_eileen.txt
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http://www.clinton.net/~sammy/eileen.htm
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http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/songs/d/dexys-come.txt
Cup of Life /
La Copa de Vida - Ricky Martin
Danny Boy, Derry Aire / Londonderry Aire
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ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/music/lyrics/folk/d/danny_boy
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ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/music/lyrics/folk/l/londonderry_air
Desiderata
Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen - column written by Mary Schmich in The Chicago Tribune
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The column that started the fad - The Chicago Tribune June 1, 1997
Urban Legend regarding Kurt Vonnegut's alleged involvement in this "speech"
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http://www.snopes.com/quotes/vonnegut.htm
covered by Baz Luhrman
Theme from "Greatest American Hero" (Believe It or Not) - Joey Scarbury
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http://www.afn.org/~afn30091/songs/s/scarbury-greatest.txt
Hotel California - Eagles
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http://www.prysm.net/~middleton/hotel.htm
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http://www.shreve.net/~middleton/hotel.htm
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http://www.oocities.org/SunsetStrip/Towers/5284/lyrics1.html#Hotel California
Tablature:
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http://www.dreamscape.com/esmith/dansm/tabs/hotelc.htm
Interpretation of the lyrics:
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http://www.straightdope.com/columns/970815.html
How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
covered by Love Spit Love for "The Craft" and "Charmed"
also in a car commercial
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http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~moz/lyrics/hatfulof/howsooni.htm
Human = The Divinyls
The Pretenders covered it for "Cupid" and "Viva El Amor!"
Hush, Li'l Baby (The Mockingbird Song)
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http://members.xoom.com/nur_rhymes/r010.html
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http://www.downeast.net/ppm/nmommy.html#song10
I want it that way - Backstreet Boys
Killing Me Softly (With His Song) - Roberta Flack
covered by The Fugees
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http://www.summer.com.br/~pÞlho/oldies_list/top/lyrics/killing_me_softly.txt
Kingston Town - UB40
Kiss from a Rose - Seal
(song from Batman and Robin)
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http://www.ultim.demon.co.uk/seal/lyrics/singles/kfar.html
Kiss Me - Sixpence None the Richer
(song from Dawson's Creek)
Last Kiss - J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers
covered by Pearl Jam
Living La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin
Louie, Louie - Richard Berry, The Kingsmen, etc.
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http://www.crl.com/~tsimon/louie.htm
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http://www.xs4all.nl/~tdg/louie1.html
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http://kinks.it.rit.edu/lyrics/nonLP/crd-louielouie.html
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http://www.louielouie.net/welcome_2.html
Macarena (English and Spanish versions)
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http://www.oocities.org/Paris/2583/macarena.html
Mack the Knife
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http://www.summer.com.br/~pfilho/oldies_list/top/lyrics/mack_the_knife.txt
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http://www.vex.net/~buff/sinatra/cgi/arch.cgi/Mack_the_Knife
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http://das-www.harvard.edu/users/students/Rebecca_Hwa/lyrics/3penny.html#Aw1
Major Tom from "Space Oddity" - David Bowie (1973 - first released 1969)
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http://www.teenagewildlife.com/Albums/SO/SO.html
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http://www.newschool.edu/~efowler/oddity.htm
"Major Tom (Coming Home)" - Peter Schilling (1983)
- inspired by David Bowie's 1973 hit "Space Oddity
- - - http://www.postalnauts.com/newwave/96-11-16/schilling.html
Makin' Whoopee
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http://www.vex.net/~buff/sinatra/cgi/arch.cgi/Makin'_Whoopee
(NB: this is only one of several versions of this jazz favourite).
Missing - Everything But The Girl
My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme song from Titanic) - Celine Dion
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http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/CelineDion/cd1011.html
Puff the Magic Dragon
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http://www.downeast.net/ppm/nmoving.html#puff
Myth about Marijuana connection:
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http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/puff.htm
San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie
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ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/music/lyrics/m/mckenzie.scott/san_francisco
Searching my soul - Vonda Shepard (Ally Mcbeal)
Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
http://www.oocities.org/SunsetStrip/6696/SCL.html
That Don't impress me much - Shania Twain
There she goes - The La's
Those Were The Days - Mary Hopkin
- based on the traditional Russian folk song "Dear For Me"
- - - http://www.summer.com.br/~pÞlho/html/lyrics/t/those_were_the_days.txt
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http://home.t-online.de/home/walterv/hopkin_m.htm
Walking on the Sun - Smashmouth
When you're gone - Bryan Adams
Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
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http://www.xs4all.nl/~skoezie/music4.htm
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http://www.procolharum.com/awsop.htm
Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks
You were mine - Dixie Chicks
You're my first my last my everything - Barry White
Frequently Requested Artists
ABBA
http://www.abbasite.com/music/songs.html
Bryan Adams
http://badfan.simplenet.com/lyrics/index.html
Barenaked Ladies
http://www.bnl.org/html/lyrics_and_chords.html
Jimmy Buffett
http://www.soasoas.com/glc/
Cake
http://members.xoom.com/Helo_/Cake.htm
Bob Dylan
http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/index.html
Heart
http://www.dnai.com/~dharriso/shirean/lyrics.html
Jewel
http://www.endor.org/jewel/
Madonna
http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~zalewskk/madonna_lyrics/HomePage.html
Ricky Martin
http://www.oocities.org/SunsetStrip/Palace/1456/ricky.html
Alanis Morissette
http://macaw.creighton.edu/~mcoppock/alanis/lyrics.html
http://www.sgi.net/alanis/lyrics/jagged.html
The Offspring
http://www.offspring.com/Canned/indexno_disc.html
Pearl Jam
http://www.lukin.com/Lyrics/
Red Hot Chili Peppers
http://hem2.passagen.se/stuven/rhcp/lyrics.htm
R.E.M.
http://bubblegum.uark.edu/rem/guitar/all_songs.html
Shania Twain
http://members.home.net:80/katana/slyrics.htm
last updated August 25, 1999
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