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Lay lady lay ( Bob Dylan )

Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Whatever colours you have in your mind I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed Stay, …

Lead Me Father ( Johnny Cash )

When my hands are tired and my step is slow Walk beside me and give me the strength to go Fill my face with your courage so defeat won't show Pick me up when I stumble so the world won't know Lead me Father with …

Leaves That Are Green ( Simon and Garfunkel )

I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song I'm twenty-two now, but I won't be for long Time hurries on And the leaves that are green turn to brown And they wither with the wind And they crumble in your hand. Once my heart …

Let Her Go ( Passenger )

(for original key) Well, you only need the light when it s burning low Only miss the sun when it s starts to snow Only know you love her when you let her go Only know you've been high when you re feeling low Only …

Let Me Go ( Gary Barlow )

A room full of sadness A broken heart And only me to blame For every single part No Science or Religion Could make this whole To be loved, but never loved To have, but never hold It’s a life alone, and a desperate need To …

Let's Get Married ( The Proclaimers )

[] [] We've been, going together Too long to be vague When there's something to say If it's not now, then it's never So I'll say it straight out 'Cos I have no doubt, no doubt Let's get married I love you and I want …

Let the Spirit Descend ( Hank Williams )

Let the Spirit descend like a beautiful dove As it did on Jesus that day He was baptized by John in the river of Jordan And God's voice like thunder said this is my Son When John came preaching preparing the way For Jesus the …

Let The Train Blow The Whistle ( Johnny Cash )

I don't want no aggravation When my train has left the station If you're there or not, I may not even know Have a round and remember Things we did that weren't so tender Let the train blow the whistle when I go On my …

Life Goes On ( Johnny Cash )

My baby left me just the other day I guess that things will never be the same But I must forget that she is gone Cause time goes by and life goes on Making plans shaking hands Try to prove that I'm a man It's …

Life's for the living ( Passenger )

Well grey clouds wraped round the town like elastic Cars stood like toys made of Taiwanese plastic The boy laughed at the spastic dancing around in the rain While laundrettes cleaned clothes, high heals rub toes Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows Dressed in …

Like A Hurricane ( Neil Young )

Once I thought I saw you in a crowded hazy bar Dancing on the light from star to star. Far across the moonbeam I know that's who you are I saw your brown eyes turning once to fire. You are like a hurricane, there's calm …

Like A Rolling Stone ( Bob Dylan )

Once upon a time you dressed so fine You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you? People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall" You thought they were all kiddin' you You used to laugh about Everybody that was hangin' out …

Little Black Book ( Jimmy Dean )

Well my pretty baby just left me this morning Said she didn't wanna see me no more Told me not to call her on the telephone And never come a-knocking on her door Well I fumed and I fussed and I might have cried a …

Little Cabin Home On The Hill ( Bill Monroe )

Tonight I'm alone without you my dear Its seems there's a longing for you still All I have to do is sit alone and cry In our little cabin home on the hill Oh someone has taken you from me And left me here all …

Little Lion Man ( Mumford & Sons )

Weep for yourself, my man, you'll never be what is in your heart Weep little lion man, you're not as brave as you were at the start Rate yourself and rape yourself, take all the courage you have left Wasted on fixing all the problems …

Little talks ( Of Monsters and Men )

hey hey hey I don't like walking round this old and empty house so hold my hand i'll walk with you my dear The stairs creak as I sleep, it's keeping me awake It's the house telling you to close your eyes and some days …

Living In The Promiseland ( Willie Nelson )

Give us your tired and weak and we will make them strong Bring us your foreign songs and we will sing along Leave us your broken dreams we'll give them time to mend There's still a lot of love living in the Promiseland Living in …

Loch Lomond ( Runrig )

By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond, Where me and my true love were ever wont to be, On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lo - mond. Oh! You'll take the high road, and …

Lonesome Whistle ( Beck )

I was riding number nine Heading south to Caroline I heard that lonesome whistle blow Got in trouble had to roam Left my gal, I left my home I heard that lonesome whistle blow Just a kid acting smart Went and broke my darling's heart …

Long Black Veil ( Johnny Cash )

Ten years ago, on a cold dark night Someone was killed 'neath the town hall light There were few at the scene, but they all agreed That the man who ran looked a lot like me She walks these hills in a long black veil …

Long May You Run ( Neil Young )

We've been through some things together, With trunks of memories still to come. We found things to do in stormy weather. Long may you run. Long may you run, long may you run, Although these changes have come. With your chrome heart shinin' in the …

Look out for my Love ( Neil Young )

There's a lot to learn For wastin' time There's a heart that burns There's an open mind Look out for my love Look out for my love Look out for my love Look out for my love You own it You own it now You …

Lost in you ( Árstíðir )

Take my time for certain and rest for your own sake Get far away from this burden the empty decision to make Tonight I wanted to show you my love in every way And though we'll never see this through I'd still like it if …

Louis, Louis ( Teitur )

Louis, Louis - Play us a song Louis, Louis - The stage is aching for one Please come back to the quiet generation We don’t have any representation Louis, Louis - Our stars no longer dance Louis, Louis - Come down through the heavens The …

Love Love Love ( Of Monsters and Men )

Maybe I'm a crook for stealing your heart away And maybe I'm a crook for not caring for it And maybe I'm a bad, bad, bad, bad person Well baby, I know So these fingertips, they'll never run through your skin Those bright blue eyes …

Love Minus Zero/No Limit ( Bob Dylan )

My love she speaks like silence, Without ideals or violence, She doesn't have to say she's faithful, Yet she's true, like ice, like fire. People carry roses, And make promises by the hours, My love she laughs like the flowers, Valentines can't buy her. In …

Lover of the Light ( Mumford & Sons )

And in the middle of the night I may watch you go There'll be no value in the strength of walls that I have grown There'll be no comfort in the shade of the shadows thrown But I'll be yours if you'll be mine Stretch …

Lovers Cross ( Jim Croce )

Guess that it was bound to happen; was just a matter of time But now I've come to my decision, And it's a-one of the painful kind 'Cause now it seems that you wanted a martyr, Just a regular guy wouldn't do But baby, I …

Loves Been Good To Me ( Johnny Cash )

I have been a rover I have walked alone Hiked a hundred highways never found a home Still in all I'm happy the reason is you see Once in a while along the way love's been good to me There was a girl in Denver …

Lovesick Blues ( Hank Williams )

I got a feelin' called the blu-ues oh Lawd Since my baby said good- bye And I don't know what I'll do-oo-oo All I do is sit and sigh-igh oh Lawd That last long day she said good- bye Well Lawd I thought I would …

Love You 'Till The End ( The Pogues )

I just want to see you When you're all alone I just want to catch you if I can I just want to be there When the morning light explodes On your face it radiates I can't escape, I love you 'till the end I …

Lucky ( Jason Mraz, Colbie Caillat )

Now do ya hear me talking to you Across the water, across the deep blue ocean Under the open sky, oh my Baby I'm trying Boy I hear you in my dream I feel your whisper across the sea I keep you with me in …

Luka ( Suzanne Vega )

my name is luka I live on the second floor I live upstairs from you Yes I think you've seen me before If you hear something late at night Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight Just don't ask me what it was Just …

Magnolia Mountain ( Ryan Adams )

I wanna go to magnolia mountain and lay my weary head down down on the rocks on the mountain my savior made Steady my soul and ease my worry Hold me when I rattle like a hummingbird hummin' Tie me to the rocks on the …

Make You Feel My Love ( Bob Dylan )

When the rain is blowing in your face And the whole world is on your case I would offer you a warm embrace To make you feel my love. When evening shadows and the stars appear And there is no one there to dry your …

Man Gave Names To All The Animals ( Bob Dylan )

[] Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, in the beginning Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, long time ago He saw an animal that liked to growl Big furry paws and he liked to howl Great big …

Man in black ( Johnny Cash )

Well, you wonder why I always dress in black, Why you never see bright colors on my back, And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone. Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on. I wear the black for …

Me And Bobby McGee ( Kris Kristofferson )

Busted flat in Baton Rouge and heading for the trains Feeling nearly faded as my jeans Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained Took us all the way to New Orleans I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna And was …

Mean Eyed Cat ( Johnny Cash )

I gave my woman half my money at the general store I said now buy a little groceries and don't spend no more Then she paid ten dollars for a ten cent hat And got some store bought cat food for a mean eyed cat …

Meet Me In Heaven ( Johnny Cash )

We saw houses falling from the sky Where the mountains lean down to the sand We saw blackbirds circling round an old castle keep And I stood on the cliff and held your hand We walked troubles brooding wind swept hills And we loved and …

Million Years Ago ( Adele )

[] I only wanted to have fun Learning to fly, learning to run I let my heart decide the way When I was young Deep down I must have always known that this would be inevitable To earn my stripes I'd have to pay and …

Minstrel Of The Dawn ( Gordon Lightfoot )

The minstrel of the dawn is here To make you laugh and bend your ear Up the steps you’ll hear him climb All full of thoughts, all full of rhymes Listen to the pictures flow Across the room into your mind they go Listen to …

Modesto ( Beck )

You came, you went, My mind it got a dent, I couldn't make my rent, 'Cause all my cash was lent, This town is filled, With thousand dollar bills, Laminated songs, Contaminated loans, Well we eat about fifteen times a day, Staring through a bag …

Molly Malone ( The Dubliners )

In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone As she wheeled her wheelbarrow through streets broad and narrow Crying cockles and mussels alive a-live O! A-live a-live O! A-live a-live O! Crying cockles and …

Monday Monday ( The Mamas And The Papas )

Ba-da ba-da-da-da Ba-da ba-da-da-da Monday, Monday Ba-da ba-da-da-da So good to me Ba-da ba-da-da-da Monday mornin', it was all I hoped it would be Oh Monday mornin', Monday mornin' couldn't guarantee That Monday evenin' you would still be here with me Monday, Monday can't trust …

Moonshadow ( Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) )

Yes, I'm being followed by a moonshadow. Moonshadow, moonshadow. Leaping and hopping on a moonshadow. Moonshadow, moonshadow. And if I ever lose my hands, Lose my plow, lose my land. Oh, if I ever lose my hands Oh, ii-i-i i-iii ii ii iif - I …

Morning ( Jim Ed Brown )

Here in this room this narrow room where life began When we were young last night I feel your back pressed close to me And hear your steady breathing as you sleep Then as the first soft glow of dawn Moves silver grey like paint …

Morning Has Broken ( Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam) )

Morning has broken, like the first morning Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird Praise for the singing, praise for the morning Praise for the springing fresh from the world Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven Like the first dewfall, on the first …

Mother Nature's son ( The Beatles )

Born a poor young country boy Mother Nature's son All day long I'm sitting singing songs for everyone Sit beside a mountain stream See her waters rise Listen to the pretty sound of music as she flies Do do do do do do do do …

Mountain Sound ( Of Monsters and Men )

I heard them calling in the distance So I packed my things and ran Far away from all the trouble I had caused with my two hands Alone we traveled on with nothing but a shadow We fled far away Hold your horses now (We …