Bryan Adams - Summer of 69

LYRICS

I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played it 'til my fingers bled
It was the summer of '69

Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard.
Jimmy quit, Jody got married
I should've known we'd never get far

Oh, when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Yeah, I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life

Ain't no use in complainin'
When you've got a job to do
Spent my evening's down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you, yeah

Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh, and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

Oh, yeah.
Back in the summer of '69, oh.

Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever, forever, no!

And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six-string
I think about you, wonder what went wrong

Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me that it'd last forever
Oh, and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

Oh, yeah.
Back in the summer of '69, oh.
It was the summer of '69, oh, yeah.
Me and my baby in '69, oh.
It was the summer, the summer, the summer of '69, yeah.

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The Black Keys - Lonely Boy

LYRICS

Well I’m so above you
And it’s plain to see
But I came to love you anyway
So you pulled my heart out
And I don’t mind bleeding
Any old time you keep me waiting
Waiting, waiting

Oh, oh-oh I got a love that keeps me waiting
Oh, oh-oh I got a love that keeps me waiting
I’m a lonely boy
I’m a lonely boy
Oh, oh-oh I got a love that keeps me waiting

Well your mama kept you but your daddy left you
And I should’ve done you just the same
But I came to love you
Am I born to bleed?
Any old time you keep me waiting
Waiting, waiting

Oh, oh-oh I got a love that keeps me waiting
Oh, oh-oh I got a love that keeps me waiting
I’m a lonely boy
I’m a lonely boy
Oh, oh-oh I got a love that keeps me waiting

Hey!

Oh, oh-oh I got a love that keeps me waiting
Oh, oh-oh I got a love that keeps me waiting
I’m a lonely boy
I’m a lonely boy
Oh, oh-oh I got a love that keeps me waiting

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France Gall - Ella, Elle L'a

LYRICS (FRENCH)

C'est comme une gaietéComme un sourireQuelque chose dans la voixQui paraît nous dire "viens"Qui nous fait sentir étrangement bien

C'est comme toute l'histoireDu peuple noirQui se balanceEntre l'amour et l'désespoir

Quelque chose qui danse en toiSi tu l'as, tu l'asElla, elle l'a ce je n'sais quoiQue d'autres n'ont pasQui nous met dans un drôle d'état

Ella, elle l'a Ella, elle l'aOu ou ou ou ou ou ouElle a, ou ou ou ou ou ou ouCette drôle de voix

Elle a, ou ou ou ou ou ou ouCette drôle de joieCe don du ciel qui la rend belle

Ella, elle l'a Ella, elle l'aElle a, ou ou ou ou ou ou ouElla, elle l'a Elle aOu ou ou ou ou ou ou

Elle a ce tout petitSupplément d'âmeCet indéfinissable charme
Cette petite flamme

Tape sur des tonneauxSur des pianosSur tout ce que dieu peutTe mettre entre les mains

Montre ton rire ou ton chagrinMais que tu n'aies rienQue tu sois roiQue tu cherches encoreLes pouvoirs qui dorment en toi

Tu vois ça ne s'achète pasQuand tu l'as tu l'asElla, elle l'a ce je n'sais quoiQue d'autres n'ont pasQui nous met dans un drôle d'état

Ella, elle l'a Ella, elle l'aOu ou ou ou ou ou ouElle a, ou ou ou ou ou ou ouCette drôle de voix

Elle a, ou ou ou ou ou ou ouCette drôle de joieCe don du ciel qui la rend belle

Ella, elle l'a Ella, elle l'aElle a, ou ou ou ou ou ou ouElla, elle l'a Elle aOu ou ou ou ou ou ou

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The Killers - Mr. Brightside

LYRICS

I'm coming out of my cage 

And I've been doing just fine 
Gotta gotta be down 
Because I want it all 
It started out with a kiss 
How did it end up like this 
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss 
Now I'm falling asleep 
And she's calling a cab 
While he's having a smoke 
And she's taking a drag 
Now they're going to bed 
And my stomach is sick 
And it's all in my head 
But she's touching his chest 
Now, he takes off her dress 
Now, letting me go 

I just can't look its killing me 
And taking control 
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea 
Swimming through sick lullabies 
Choking on your alibis 
But it's just the price I pay 
Destiny is calling me 
Open up my eager eyes 
Cause I'm Mr Brightside 

I'm coming out of my cage 
And I've been doing just fine 
Gotta gotta be down 
Because I want it all 
It started out with a kiss 
How did it end up like this 
It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss 
Now I'm falling asleep 
And she's calling a cab 
While he's having a smoke 
And she's taking a drag 
Now they're going to bed 
And my stomach is sick 
And it's all in my head 
But she's touching his chest 
Now, he takes off her dress 
Now, letting me go 

'Cause I just can't look its killing me 
And taking control 
Jealousy, turning saints into the sea 
Swimming through sick lullabies 
Choking on your alibi 
But it's just the price I pay 
Destiny is calling me 
Open up my eager eyes 
'Cause I'm Mr Brightside
I never
I never
I never
I never

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Boney M - Rasputin

LYRICS

There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the bible like a preacher
Full of ecstacy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire

RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on

He ruled the Russian land and never mind the Czar
But the kasachok he danced really wunderbar
In all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze
For the queen he was no wheeler dealer
Though she'd heard the things he'd done
She believed he was a holy healer
Who would heal her son

RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on

[Spoken:]
But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger
for power became known to more and more people,
the demands to do something about this outrageous
man became louder and louder.

"This man's just got to go!" declared his enemies
But the ladies begged "Don't you try to do it, please"
No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms
Though he was a brute they just fell into his arms
Then one night some men of higher standing
Set a trap, they're not to blame
"Come to visit us" they kept demanding
And he really came

RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
They put some poison into his wine
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia's greatest love machine
He drank it all and he said "I feel fine"

RA RA RASPUTIN
Lover of the Russian queen
They didn't quit, they wanted his head
RA RA RASPUTIN
Russia's greatest love machine
And so they shot him till he was dead

[Spoken:] Oh, those Russians...

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The Vaccines - I Always Knew

LYRICS

Down, down in my bones
Somewhere I'd never have known
Right at the back of my head
It hit me like a beam of light
Hit me like a hook of the right
And I could have fell to the floor

'Cause you talk to me and it comes off the wall
You talk to me and it goes over my head
So let's go to bed before you say something real
Let's go to bed before you say how you feel

'Cause it's you
Oh, it's always you
Oh, I always knew
Oh, it's you

I try my best to unwind
Nothing on my mind but you
Oblivious to all that I owe
I'm hanging on to what I don't know

So let's go to bed before you say something real
Let's go to bed before you say how you feel

'Cause it's you
Oh, it's always you
Oh, I always knew
Oh, it's you

It's you
Oh, it's always you
Oh, I always knew
Oh, it's you

Well it's you
Oh, it's always you
Oh, I always knew
Oh, it's you
I knew, oh I always knew
Yes I always knew
Oh, it's you

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Sivert Høyem - Give It a Whirl

LYRICS

If I was to expire on a day like this

Then pay no heed at all
Returned again, my secret fire
From confusion trails
To death's own roll call

And you know that I don't know what to do
But I could wait a thousand years or more
Settled in to the point where I...
I don't know what the hell I'm waiting for

It's my time to be waiting
All locked down, chained in the hole
But when my waiting is done
I'm gonna give it a whirl
[x2]

Again, try to rewire
The connections of your tired machine
Well, you know you've been a liar
A good for nothing two-faced go-between

It's my time to be waiting
All locked down, chained in the hole
But when my waiting is done
I'm gonna give it a whirl
[x6]

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Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

LYRICS

You get a shiver in the dark
It's been raining in the park but meantime
South of the river you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowing Dixie double four time
You feel all right when you hear that music ring

You step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
Too much competition too many other places
But not too many horns can make that sound
Way on downsouth way on downsouth London town

You check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
Mind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
And an old guitar is all he can afford
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
He's got a daytime job he's doing alright
He can play honky tonk just like anything
Saving it up for Friday night
With the Sultans with the Sultans of Swing

Amd a crowd of young boys they're fooling around in the corner
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
They don't give a damn about any trumpet playing band
It ain't what they call rock and roll
And the Sultans played Creole

And then the man he steps right up to the microphone
And says at last just as the time bell rings
'Thank you goodnight now it's time to go home'
and he makes it fast with one more thing
'We are the Sultans of Swing'

 

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Savage Garden - Break Me Shake Me

LYRICS

I never thought I'd change my
opinion again
But you moved me in a way that I've
never known
You moved me in a way that I've
never known
But straight away you just moved
into position again
You abused me in a way that I've
never known
You abused me in a way that I've
never known

[chorus:]
So break me shake me hate me
take me over
When the madness stops then you
will be alone
Just break me shake me hate me
take me over
When the madness stops then you
will be alone

So you're the kind who deals with the
games in the mind
Well you confuse me in a way that
I've never known
You confuse me in a way that I've
never known

[chorus]

She says, "I can help you, but what
do you say?"
But it's not free baby, you'll have
to pay
You just keep me contemplating, that
your soul is slowly fading

God don't you know that I live with a ton
of regret?
'Cause I used to move you in a way that
you've never known
But then I accused you in a way that
you've never known
But you hurt me in a way that I've
never known...

Break me shake me hate me take
me over
When the madness stops then you
will be alone
So won't you break me shake me
hate me take me over
When the madness stops then you
will be alone

Listen, baby
You'll be, you'll be alone

Break me shake me hate me take
me make me
Fake me break me shake me hate
me take me
Break me

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Nirvana - Lithium

LYRICS

I'm so happy 'cause today
I've found my friends ...
They're in my head
I'm so ugly, but that's okay, 'cause so are you ...
We've broken our mirrors [Alt: We broke our mirrors]
Sunday morning is everyday for all I care ...
And I'm not scared
Light my candles, in a daze
'Cause I've found god

Yeah, yeah, yeah [6x]

I'm so lonely, but that's okay, I shaved my head ...
And I'm not sad
And just maybe I'm to blame for all I've heard ...
But I'm not sure
I'm so excited, I can't wait to meet you there ...
But I don't care
I'm so horny, but that's okay ...
My will is good

Yeah, yeah, yeah [6x]

[2x]
I like it - I'm not gonna crack
I miss you - I'm not gonna crack
I love you - I'm not gonna crack
I killed you - I'm not gonna crack

I'm so happy 'cause today
I've found my friends ...
They're in my head
I'm so ugly, but that's okay, 'cause so are you ...
We've broken our mirrors [Alt: We broke our mirrors]
Sunday morning is everyday for all I care ...
And I'm not scared
Light my candles in a daze ...
'Cause I've found god

Yeah, yeah, yeah [6x]

[2x]
I like it - I'm not gonna crack
I miss you - I'm not gonna crack
I love you - I'm not gonna crack
I killed you - I'm not gonna crack

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Ska- P - Mestizaje

LYRICS(SPANISH)

Negro africano, asiático oriental, 

Indio americano, africano musulmán
Blanco europeo, aborigen australiano, 
Cinco continentes en un mismo corazón

Multiracial, multicultural,
Multiracial, multicultural

Desde filipinas a américa central, 
Desde el polo norte hasta madagascar
Este puto mundo no es de nadie y es de todos, 
Cinco continentes en un mismo corazón

Multiracial, multicultural,
Multiracial, multicultural

No fronteras, no banderas, no a la autoridad
No riqueza, no pobreza, no desigualdad
Rompamos la utopí­a, dejemos de soñar, 
Arriba el mestizaje, convivir en colectividad

Gritarã? que ardan las banderas por la fraternidad
Que caiga el patriotismo y la hostilidad racial
Cultura popular

Ay, ay, ay, la justicia dónde está, crucificada en los altares del capital
Ay, ay, ay, la justicia dónde está

Ni tu residencia, ni el credo, ni el color, 
Ninguna diferencia te haré superior
Estúpido racista, deserción del ser humano, 
Cinco continentes en un mismo corazón

Multiracial, multicultural,
Multiracial, multicultural

No fronteras, no banderas, no a la autoridad
No riqueza, no pobreza, no desigualdad
Rompamos la utopí­a, dejemos de soñar, 
Arriba el mestizaje, convivir en colectividad

Gritará que ardan las banderas por la fraternidad
Que caiga el patriotismo y la hostilidad racial
Cultura popular

Ay, ay, ay, la justicia dónde está, crucificada en los altares del capital
Ay, ay, ay, la justicia dónde está

Rompamos la utopí­a, dejemos de soñar, 
Arriba el mestizaje, convivir en colectividad

Gritará que ardan las banderas por la fraternidad
Que caiga el patriotismo y la hostilidad racial
Cultura popular

LYRICS(ENGLISH)

Black African, East Asian

American Indian, African Muslim

White European, Australian aboriginal

Five continents one heart

Multiracial, multicultural, multiracial, multicultural

From the Philippines to Central America

From the North Pole to Madagascar

This fucking world belongs to nobody but is everybody’s

Five continents one heart

Multiracial, multicultural, multiracial, multicultural

No frontiers, no flags, no authority

No wealth, no poverty, no inequality

Let the utopia break loose, let’s stop dreaming

Hurray for miscegenation, let’s live together as a collectivity

I will shout let the flags burn in the name of brotherhood

Let patriotism fall and so the racial hostility

Popular culture

Ay, ay, ay

Where’s justice, crucified on the altars of capitalism

Ay, ay, ay

Where’s justice

Neither your residency, nor your creed, nor your color

No difference makes you superior

Stupid racist, humanity’s deserter

Five continents one heart

Multiracial, multicultural, multiracial, multicultural

No frontiers, no flags, no authority

No wealth, no poverty, no inequality

Let the utopia break loose, let’s stop dreaming

Hurray for miscegenation, let’s live together as a collectivity

I will shout let the flags burn in the name of brotherhood

Let patriotism fall and so the racial hostility

Popular culture

Ay, ay, ay

Where’s justice, crucified on the altars of capitalism

Ay, ay, ay

Where’s justice

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Neil Young- My My, Hey Hey

LYRICS

My my, hey hey
Rock and roll is here to stay
It's better to burn out
Than to fade away
My my, hey hey.

Out of the blue
and into the black
They give you this,
but you pay for that
And once you're gone,
you can never come back
When you're out of the blue
and into the black.

The king is gone
but he's not forgotten
This is the story
of a Johnny Rotten
It's better to burn out
than it is to rust
The king is gone
but he's not forgotten.

Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye.
Hey hey, my my.

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Metallica - The Unforgiven

LYRICS

New blood joins this earth
And quikly he's subdued
Through constant pained disgrace
The young boy learns their rules

With time the child draws in
This whipping boy done wrong
Deprived of all his thoughts
The young man struggles on and on he's known
A vow unto his own
That never from this day
His will they'll take away

What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never be
Never see
Won't see what might have been

What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never free
Never me
So I dub thee unforgiven

They dedicate their lives
To running all of his
He tries to please them all
This bitter man he is
Throughout his life the same
He's battled constantly
This fight he cannot win
A tired man they see no longer cares
The old man then prepares
To die regretfully
That old man here is me

What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never be
Never see
Won't see what might have been

What I've felt
What I've known
Never shined through in what I've shown
Never free
Never me
So I dub the unforgiven

You labeled me
I'll label you
So I dub the unforgiven

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Tracy Chapman - For My Lover

LYRICS

Two weeks in a Virginia jail
For my lover for my lover
Twenty thousand dollar bail
For my lover for my lover

And everybody thinks
That I'me the fool
But they don't get
Any love from you
The things we won't do for love

I'd climb a mountain if I had to
And risk my life so I could have you
You, you, you...

Everyday I'm psychoanalyzed
For my lover for my lover
They dope me up and I tell them lies
For my lover for my lover

I follow my heart
And leave my head to ponder
Deep in this love
No man can shake

I follow my heart
And leave my mind to wonder
Is this love worth
The sacrifices I make

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Jake Bugg - Lightning Bolt

LYRICS

Morning, it's another pure grey morning
Don't know what the day is holding
When I get uptight
And I walk right into the path of a lightning bolt

Sirens of an ambulance comes howling
Right through the center of town and
No one blinks an eye
And I look up to the sky for the path of a lighting bolt

Met her as the angels parted for her
But she only brought me torture
But that's what happens
When it's you who's standing in the path of a lightning bolt

Everyone I see just wants to walk with gritted teeth
But I just stand by and I wait my time
They say you gotta tow the line, they want the water not the wine
But when I see the signs I jump on that lightning bolt

Chances, people tell you not to take chances
When they tell you that there aren't any answers
And I was starting to agree
But I awoke suddenly in the path of a lightning bolt

Fortune, people talking all about fortune
Do you make it or does it just call you.
In the blinking of an eye
Just another passerby in the path of a lightning bolt

Everyone I see just wants to walk with gritted teeth
But I just stand by and I wait my time
They say you gotta tow the line, they want the water not the wine
But when I see the signs I jump on that lightning bolt

It was silent, I was lying back gazing skyward
When the moment got shattered
I remembered what she said
And then she fled in the path of a lightning bolt

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The Doors - Riders On The Storm

LYRICS 

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out on loan
Riders on the storm

There's a killer on the road
His brain is squirmin' like a toad
Take a long holiday
Let your children play
If ya give this man a ride
Sweet memory will die
Killer on the road, yeah

Girl ya gotta love your man
Girl ya gotta love your man
Take him by the hand
Make him understand
The world on you depends
Our life will never end
Gotta love your man, yeah

Wow!

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out alone
Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm

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