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Mr. Bojangles ( Nitty Gritty Dirt Band )

I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you In worn out shoes With silver hair, a ragged shirt, and baggy pants The old soft shoe He jumped so high, jumped so high Then he lightly touched down I met him in a cell …

Mrs. Robinson ( Simon and Garfunkel )

[] And here’s to you Mrs. Robinson Jesus loves you more than you will know, wo wo wo God bless you please Mrs. Robinson Heaven holds a place for those who pray, hey hey hey, hey hey hey We’d like to know a little bit …

Mr. Tambourine Man ( Bob Dylan, The Byrds )

Hey ! Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to Hey ! Mr Tambourine Man, play a song for me In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you. Take me on a trip …

Mull Of Kintyre ( Paul McCartney, Wings )

Mull of Kintyre, oh, mist rolling in from the sea, my desire is always to be here, oh, Mull of Kintyre. Far have I travelled and much have I seen, Dark distant mountains with valleys of green. Past painted deserts, the sunsets on fire, as …

My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers ( Merle Haggard )

Oh the love you promised would be mine forever I would have bet my bottom dollar on Well it sure turned out to be a short forever Just once I turned my back and you were gone From now on all my friends are gonna …

My Grandfathers Clock ( The Everly Brothers, Johnny Cash )

My grandfather's clock Was too large for the shelf So it stood ninety years on the floor It was taller by half than the the old man himself Though it weighed not a pennyweights more It was bought on the morn Of the day that …

Mykonos ( Fleet Foxes )

ooOOooOOooOOooh, ooOOooh, ooh ooOOooOOooOOooh, ooOOooh, ooh The door slammed loud and rose up a cloud of dust on up. Footsteps follow down to the hollow sound torn up And you would go to Mykonos With a vision of the channel coast And a sun to …

My Love For You Has Turned To Hate ( Hank Williams )

I'll never for-get that sad sad day Darling that you went away You told me that our love was true And then you left me alone and blue Yes I received your note today Saying you'd come back and stay Don't come back now it's …

New World In The Morning ( Roger Whittaker )

Everybody talks about a new world in the morning, New world in the morning, so they sa---ay. I myself don't talk about a new world in the morning, New world in the morning, that's today. And I can feel a new tomorrow coming on, And …

New York's Not My Home ( Jim Croce )

Things were spinning round me And all my thoughts were cloudy And I had begun to doubt all the things that were me Been in so many places You know I've run so many races And looked into the empty faces of the people of …

Nobodys Fault But My Own ( Beck )

treated you like a rusty blade a throwaway from an open grave cut you loose from a chain gang and let you go and on the day you said it's true some love holds, some gets used tried to tell you I never knew it …

Nobody Wins ( Kris Kristofferson )

Anymore it doesn't matter who's right or wrong We've been injuring each other for much too long And it's too late to try to save what might have been It's over nobody wins Make believing in forever is just a lie And it seems a …

No Earthly Good ( Johnny Cash )

Come hear me good brothers come heed one and all Don't brag about standing or you'll surely fall You're shining your light and shine it you should You're so heavenly minded and you're no earthly good No earthly good you are no earthly good You're …

North Country Blues ( Bob Dylan )

Come gather 'round friends And I'll tell you a tale Of when the red iron ore pits ran a-plenty. But the cardboard filled windows And old men on the benches Tell you now that the whole town is empty. In the north end of town, …

Not Dark Yet ( Bob Dylan )

Shadows are falling, and I been here all day It's too hot to sleep, and time is running away Feel like my soul, has turned into steel I've still got the scars, that the sun didn't heal There's not even room enough, to be anywhere …

Nothing Arrived ( Villagers )

Savanna scatters and the seabird sings So why should we fear what travel brings? What were we hoping to get out of this? Some kind of momen-tary bliss? I waited for Something, and Something died So I waited for Nothing, and Nothing arrived It's our …

Nothings ( Sin Fang )

[] [] I won't be afraid of the sick, sick pills Of a hospital bed, i'll push the boulder up the hill Darling they can't help you, help you be someone else We need to make something happen, for ourselves, woo! Ooh, whoa-oh-oh Ooh, whoa-oh-oh …

No Tomorrow In Sight ( Willie Nelson )

The children are sleeping our talk can begin We've waited until they've gone to bed We knew they would cry when we said goodbye And I'd rather leave quietly instead We can never be happy we both know it's true We've quarreled from the day …

Not with Haste ( Mumford & Sons )

Your eyes they tie me down so hard i'll never learn to put up a guard so keep my love my candle bright learn me hard, oh learn me right this ain't no sham i am what i am though i may speak some tongue …

Numb Bears ( Of Monsters and Men )

Fishing for a friend, Can't remember when it was dark Or the sun coming up. Far across the ocean alone, While numb bears at home Said I could never get there, Never get there. Breaking little twigs with my feet And underneath Is a road …

Ode To Billie Joe ( Bobbie Gentry )

It was the third of June another sleepy dusty Delta day I was out chopping cotton and my brother was a bailing hay At dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat And mama hollered at the backdoor y'all remember to …

Oh, Sister ( Bob Dylan )

[] [] [] [] Oh, sister, when I come to lie in your arms You should not treat me like a stranger. Our Father would not like the way that you act And you must realize the danger. [] [] [] [] Oh, sister, am …

Oh So Many Years ( The Everly Brothers )

All these many years I've loved you no one has ever known No one has ever known but you alone I've kept it locked inside my heart and smiled through all my tears My darling I have loved you oh so many years Each night …

Oh Very Young ( Cat Stevens )

Oh very young What will you leave us this time You’re only dancing on this earth for a short while And though your dreams may toss and turn you now They will vanish away like your daddy’s best jeans Denim blue fading up to the …

Ol' 55 ( Tom Waits )

Well my time went so quickly I went lickety-splitly Out to my ol' fifty-five As I pulled away slowly feelin' so holy God knows I was feelin' alive. And now the sun's comin' up I'm ridin' with Lady Luck Freeway cars and trucks Stars beginning …

Old Man ( Neil Young )

Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were Old man look at my life Twenty four and there's so much more Live alone in a paradise That makes me …

Old Shoes (and Picture Postcards) ( Tom Waits )

I'm singing this song, it's time it was sung I been puttin' it off for a while, but it's Hard to cry now, 'cos the truth is so clear But I cry when I'm seein' you smile. So goodbye, so long, the road calls me, …

O Mary Don't You Weep ( Bruce Springsteen )

Well if I could I surely would Stand on the rock where Moses stood Pharaoh's army got drowned O Mary don't you weep O Mary, don't you weep, don't mourn O Mary, don't you weep, don't mourn Pharaoh's army get drowned O Mary, don't you …

One Kiss Away From Loneliness ( The Osborne Brothers )

I'm walking you home for the last time I hope before we get there that you will change your mind It hurts to know I've lost you I've loved you for so long What's happened to us darling what´s brought this parting on I'm just …

One Less Set of Footsteps ( Jim Croce )

We're been runnin' away from, Somethin' we both know, We've long run out of things to say, And I think I'd better go. So don't be gettin' excited, When you hear that slammin' door, 'Cause there'll be one less set of footsteps On your floor …

One More Cup of Coffee ( Bob Dylan )

Your Breath is sweet, your eyes are like Two jewels in the sky Your back is straight your hair is smooth On the pillow where you lie. But I don't sense affection No gratitude or love. Your loyalty is not me but to the stars …

One More Ride ( Bob Nolan, Hank Snow )

One more ride I long for the trip I don't need no grip I'm taking one more ride Way out there in the prairie air I guess it's in my hide Oh the clickety clack of the railroad track is call-ing If a man can …

One Of These Days ( Emmylou Harris )

I won't have to chop no wood I can be bad or I can be good I can be any way that I feel one of these days Might be a woman that's dressed in black Be a hobo by the railroad track I'll be …

One Piece At A Time ( Johnny Cash )

Well I left Kentucky back in '49 And went to Detroit working on assembly line The first year they had me putting wheels on Cadillac's Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry 'Cause I always wanted …

One Too Many Mornings ( Bob Dylan )

Down the street the dogs are barking And the day is a-getting dark. As the night comes in a-fallin' The dogs, they'll lose their bark. And the silent night will shatter From the sounds inside my mind And I'm one too many mornings And a …

Only Eyes ( Sin Fang )

[] [] I know you say its hard to do to stay obsessed with you but i'll follow you where everywhere you go until this feeling ends I feel so light like a feather in your arms your touch feels like a melting tear drop …

Only You ( Yazoo ) ( Yazoo, Joshua Radin, ... )

[] Looking from the window above, it's like a story of love Can you hear me? Came back only yesterday, movin' farther away Want you near me All I needed was the love you gave All I needed for another day And all I ever …

On the road again ( Willie Nelson )

On the road again Just can't wait to get on the road again The life I love is making music with my friends And I can't wait to get on the road again On the road again Goin' places that I've never been Seein' things …

Opportunity To Cry ( Willie Nelson )

Just watch the sunrise on the other side of town Once more I've waited and once more you've let me down This would be a perfect time for me to die I'd like to take this opportunity to cry You gave your word now I …

Orange Blossom Special ( Johnny Cash )

Look yonder coming a-coming down that railroad track Hey look yonder coming a-coming down that railroad track It's the Orange Blossom Special bringing my baby back Well I'm going down to Florida and get some sand in my shoes Or maybe California and get some …

Organs ( Of Monsters and Men )

I am sorry this is always how it goes The wind blows loudest when you've got your eyes closed But I never changed a single color that I breathe So you could have tried to take a closer look at me I am tired of …

Outer Space ( John Grant )

[] I still don't know what I am looking at, Cause I've never seen anything like this before,[] I have a friend who's an astromomer,[] And he says he cannot help me cause he doesn't have a clue. I think that you must be from …

Out On The Weekend ( Neil Young )

Think I'll pack it in and buy a pick-up, take it down to L.A. Find a place to call my own and try to fix up, start a brand new day The woman I'm thinking of she loved me all up, but I'm so down …

Painted Eyelids ( Beck )

I wake up and look upon your painted eyelids The world is your oyster and the trash bags are your kids The ceiling is invisible there's a bird sinking through the sky and every hour that passes is teaching me how to cry Because it's …

Paradise ( John Prine )

When I was a child my family would travel, down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered, so many times that my memories are worn. And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County, …

Passing Through ( Leonard Cohen )

I saw Jesus on the cross on a hill called Calvary "Do you hate mankind for what they done to you?" He said, "Talk of love not hate, things to do - it's getting late. I've so little time and I'm only passing through." Passing …

Pay No Mind ( Beck )

Tonight the city is full of morgues And all the toilets are over flowing There's shopping malls coming out of the walls As we walk out among the manure That's why I Pay no mind I pay no mind I pay no mind Give the …

Peace Train ( Cat Stevens )

Now I've been happy lately, thinking about the good things to come And I believe it could be, something good has begun Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one And I believe it could be, some day it's going to come …

Perfect (Ed Sheeran) ( Ed Sheeran )

[] I found a love for me Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet I never knew you were the someone waiting for me Cause we were just kids when we fell in love Not …

Personal Jesus ( Johnny Cash )

Your own, personal, Jesus, someone to hear your prayers, someone who cares, Your own, personal, Jesus, someone to hear your prayers, someone who's there, [-] Feeling unknown, and you're all alone, flesh and bone, by the telephone, lift up the receiver, I'll make you a …