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Don't Matter Now ( George Ezra )

Sometimes you need to be alone (It don't matter now) Shut the door, unplug the phone (It don't matter now) Speak in a language they don't know (It don't matter now) Well I don't think about that stuff No, I don't think about that stuff …

Don't Take Your Guns To Town ( Johnny Cash )

A young cowboy named Billy Joe Grew restless on the farm A boy filled with wanderlust Who really meant no harm He changed his clothes and shined his boots And combed his dark hair down And his mother cried as he walked out Don't Take …

Down by the water ( The Decemberists )

See this ancient riverbed See where all the follies led Down by the water and down by the old main drag I was just some towhead teen Feelin' 'round for fingers to get in-between Down by the water, down by the old main drag The …

Dream Catch Me ( Newton Faulkner )

Every time I close my eyes It's you and I know now Who I am Yea yea yea And I know now There's a place I go When I'm alone Do anything I want be anyone I wanna be But it is us I see …

Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes ( Johnny Cash )

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss within the cup, And I'll not ask for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar …

Drowning In The Sea Of Love ( Eva Cassidy )

I've been down one time And I've been down two times But right now I'm drowning Drowning in the sea of love I've been out here for so very long I've lost all my direction Baby, when you came my way I thought I had …

Drown Out ( Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova )

[] Drown out, [] the voice that breaks the silence And talks the joy out of everything You were found out and had to walk in darkness without the only thing you care about And we drive away and head for south We found our …

Duncan ( Paul Simon )

Couple in the next room bound to win a prize they've been goin' at it all night long. Well I'm tryin to get some sleep but these motel walls are cheep Lincoln Duncan is my name and here's my song, here's my song. My father …

El Condor Pasa ( Simon and Garfunkel )

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail Yes I would, if I could, I surely would Away, I'd rather sail away Like a swan that's here and gone A man gets tied up to the ground He gives the world its saddest sound Its …

England Swings ( Roger Miller )

England swings like a pendulum do Bobbies on bicycles two by two Westminster Abbey the tower of Big Ben The rosy red cheeks of the little children Now if you huff and puff and you finally save enough Money up to take your family on …

Everybody Knows ( Leonard Cohen )

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded. Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed. Everybody knows the war is over. Everybody knows the good guys lost. Everybody knows the fight was fixed: The poor stay poor, the rich get rich. That's how it goes. Everybody knows. …

Factory Girls ( Lucinda Williams, Flogging Molly )

Build a bridge or maybe two Together held with footsteps she outgrew But now she sits alone, everyone's long gone She dances in a photograph When it was good to joke and have a laugh But that was yesterday, if only today Now the walls …

Fairytale ( Alexander Rybak )

Years ago, when I was younger I kinda liked a girl I knew She was mine and we were sweethearts That was then but then it's true I'm in love with a fairytale, even though it hurts 'Cause I don't care f I lose my …

Fairytale of New York ( Kirsty MacColl, The Pogues )

[] It was Christmas Eve babe in the drunk tank an old man said to me, won´t see another one. [] And then he sang a song the Rare Old Mountain Dew I turned my face away and dreamed about you [] Got on a …

Fallen From The Sky ( Marketa Irglova, Glen Hansard )

You must have fallen from the sky You must have shattered on the wrong way You brought so many to the light And now you're by yourself [] There comes a point in every fight Where giving up seems like the only way When everyone …

Falling Slowly ( Marketa Irglova, Glen Hansard )

I dont know you but I want you All the more for that Words fall through me and always fool me And I can’t react Games that never amount to more than their worth Will play themselves out Take this sinking boat and point it …

Famous Blue Raincoat ( Leonard Cohen )

It's four in the morning, the end of December I'm writing you now just to see if you're better New York is cold, but I like where I'm living There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening I hear that you're building your little …

Farewell Good Night's Sleep ( Lay Low )

Each night when I close my eyes and hope to get some sleep There you are reminding me of what I couldn't keep I've done the very best I can to stay away from you But your'e there everytime I close my eyes so what …

Fast Car ( Tracy Chapman )

[] [] [] [] You got a fast car. I want a ticket to anywhere. Maybe we make a deal, Maybe together we can get somewhere. Any place is better. Starting from zero, got nothing to lose. Maybe we'll make something, Me myself, I got …

Father And Son ( Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) )

It's not time to make a change, just relax and take it easy. You're still young that's your fault, there's so much you have to know. Find a girl, settle down if you want to, you can marry. Look at me, I am old but …

Feather On The Clyde ( Passenger )

Well, there’s a river that runs through Glasgow And it makes up and it breaks up And it takes her in two parts And the current just like my blood flows Down from the hills Round aching bones to my restless heart Well, I would …

Fire and Rain ( James Taylor )

Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone Susanne the plans they made put an end to you I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song I just can't remember who to send it to I've seen fire and I've …

Fireball Mail ( Roy Acuff )

Here she comes look at her roll There she goes eating that coal Watch her fly look at her sail Let her by by by it's the fireball mail Let her go look at her steam Hear her blow whistle and scream Like a hound …

Fireflies ( John Grant )

[] [] On a summer night, 1975 Maybe earlier, now I don't remember She catches fireflies at the ice cream social And oh [] We watch them take flight He is coming now with the rake on fire He destroys the nest of the wasps …

First day of my life ( Bright eyes )

[] This is the first day of my life Swear I was born right in the doorway I went out in the rain, suddenly everything changed They're spreading blankets on the beach Yours is the first face that I saw Think I was blind before …

First we take Manhattan ( Leonard Cohen )

They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom For trying to change the system from within I'm coming now I'm coming to reward them First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin I'm guided by a signal in the heavens I'm guided by this birthmark …

Fisherman's Woman ( Emilíana Torrini )

[] [] I'm pretending to be a good fisherman's woman Just like Anna Ingunn's mom The gladiator of all fisherman's wives It makes it a lot easier thinking of you On the sea where you have to be a month at a time [] Working …

Five Short Minutes ( Jim Croce )

Well she was standing by my dressing room After the show asking for my autograph and asked if she could go back to my motel room But the rest is just a tragic tale Because five short minutes of love Will cost me twenty long …

Flume ( Bon Iver )

I am my mother's only one It's enough I wear my garment so it shows Now you know Only love is all maroon Gluey feathers on a flume Sky is womb and she's the moon I am my mother on the wall, with us all …

Folsom Prison Blues ( Johnny Cash )

I hear the train a comin' It's rollin' 'round the bend, And I ain't seen the sunshine, Since, I don't know when, I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, And time keeps draggin' on, But that train keeps a-rollin', On down to San Antone. When I was …

For Baby (For Bobbie) ( John Denver )

I'll walk in the rain by your side, I'll cling to the warmth of your tiny hand, I'll do anything to help you understand, I love you more than anybody can. And the wind will whisper your name to me; Little birds will sing along …

Foreign Affair ( Tom Waits )

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Forever Young ( Bob Dylan )

May God bless and keep you always, May your wishes all come true, May you always do for others And let others do for you. you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung, May you stay forever young, Forever young, forever …

Forgiving You Was Easy ( Willie Nelson )

Forgiving you was easy but forgetting Seems to take the longest time I just keep thinking And your memory is forever on my mind You know I'll always love you And I can't forget the days when you were mine Forgiving you is easy But …

For those Below ( Mumford & Sons )

Helpless, she lies across the stairs Haunting your days, consuming your prayers There will be healing, but don't force this girl to stand As she's counting the ceilings, with pale voice and trembling hands You told me life was long, but now that it's gone, …

For What It's Worth ( Buffalo Springfield )

There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear. There's a man with a gun over there Telling me I've got to beware. I think it's time we stop. Children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down. There's battle lines being drawn. Nobody's …

Four Strong Winds ( Neil Young )

Think I'll go out to Alberta, weather's good there in the fall, Got some friends that I could go a workin' for. Yet I wish you'd change your mind, if I asked you one more time, But we've been through this a hundred times or …

Friend out in the Madness ( Nanci Griffith )

I am not a child, though you treat me as you've always seen me You never saw the changes in a heart grown old and wise Hey, it's good to see you smile, it's been so long between the pages Wheels out on the highway, …

From Finner ( Of Monsters and Men )

( for the original key of C#m ) We came here on his back And we caught your eye The salty ocean wind Made the seagulls cry The rocking of his house Had me holding on But I knew that I was safe From there …

From Hank to Hendrix ( Neil Young )

From Hank to Hendrix, I walked these streets with you. Here I am with this old guitar, doing what I do. I always expected, that you would see me through. I never believed in much, but I believed in you. Can we get it together, …

Fuzzy ( Grant Lee Buffalo )

Bring me home to this house of many days Just lay me on the floor hard and cool as slate You know I love it more and more than before I ran away It triggers off so many hurts hurtful words and broken plates I …

Gates of Eden ( Bob Dylan )

Of war and peace the truth just twists Its curfew gull it glides Upon four-legged forest clouds The cowboy angel rides With his candle lit into the sun Though its glow is waxed in black All except when 'neath the trees of Eden The lamppost …

Ghost riders in the sky ( Sons Of The Pioneers, Johnny Cash, ... )

An old cowboy went ridin' out one dark and windy day, at bolder ridge he rested as he went along his way when all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he saw driving through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw. …

Ghosts that we knew ( Mumford & Sons )

5.Ghosts that we Knew You saw my pain, washed out in the rain Broken glass, saw the blood run from my veins But you saw no fault no crack in my heart And you kneel beside my hope torn apart But the ghosts that we …

Girl Dreams ( Beck )

You're just the girl of my dreams But it seems my dreams never come true You're just the girl of my dreams But it seems my dreams never come true I first met you down on Lover's Lane The birds were insane flapping all about …

Girl from the North Country ( Bob Dylan )

If you're travelin' in the north country fair, Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline, Remember me to one who lives there. She once was a true love of mine. Well, if you go when the snowflakes storm, When the rivers freeze and summer …

Give me love ( Ed Sheeran )

( for original key of Bbm ) Give me love, like her Cos lately I've been waking up alone The pain splatter tear drops on my shirt I told you I'd let them go And that I'll fight my corner Maybe tonight I'll call you …

Give Me One Reason ( Tracy Chapman )

Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Give me one reason to stay here And I'll turn right back around Because I don't wanna leave you lonely But you got to make me change my mind Baby, I got …

Give My Love To Rose ( Johnny Cash )

I found him by the railroad track this morning I could see that he was nearly dead I knelt down beside him and I listened Just to hear the words the dying fellow said He said they let me out of prison down in Frisco …

Glory Train ( Ricky Nelson )

I want to ride that glory train I want to ride ride ride that glory train Yes all I want to do when my life on earth is through Is to get aboard and ride that glory train Ah there's a railroad train that's leaving …