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Photographs and Memories ( Jim Croce )

Photographs and memories, Christmas cards you sent to me All that I have are these to remember you Memories that come at night take me to another time Back to a happier day, when I called you mine But we sure had a good time …

Please Call Me, Baby ( Tom Waits )

The Evening fell just like a star And Left a trail behind You Spit as you slammed out the door If this is love we're crazy As we fight like cats and dogs I know there is got to be more So please call me …

Poems Prayers and Promises ( John Denver )

I've been lately thinking About my life's time All the things I've done And how it's been And I can't help believing In my own mind I know I'm gonna hate to see it end I've seen a lot of sunshine Slept out in the …

Positively 4th Street ( Bob Dylan )

You got a lotta nerve To say you are my friend When I was down You just stood there grinning You got a lotta nerve To say you got a helping hand to lend You just want to be on The side that's winning You …

Puff the Magic Dragon ( Peter, Paul and Mary )

[] [] Puff the magic dragon, lived by the sea, And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honalee. Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal, Puff, And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff. - Oh. Puff, the magic dragon …

Puttin it Down ( Beck )

Big Pain Burning Down Giving Me A Cow which you Seem to be saying as you're patiently waiting like an ashtray for the butt Well I'm puttin' it down Well you're not picking it up Well I'm puttin' it down but you treat me like …

Queen Of Denmark ( John Grant )

[] I wanted to change the world But I could not even change my underwear And when the shit got really really out of hand I had it all the way up to my hairline Which keeps receding like my self-confidence As if I ever …

Queen Of The Silver Dollar ( Emmylou Harris )

She arrives in all her splendor Every night at nine o'clock And her chariot is the cross town bus That stops right down the block Then the old piano minstrel Plays her song as she walks in And the Queen of the Silver Dollar She's …

Rainy Day People ( Gordon Lightfoot )

Rainy day people always seem to know When it's time to call Rainy day people don't talk They just listen till they've heard it all Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell you They've been down like you Rainy day people don't mind If …

Rainy Day Women ( Bob Dyla )

Well, they'll stone ya when you're trying to be so good They'll stone ya just a-like they said they would. They'll stone ya when you're trying to go home. Then they'll stone ya when you're there all alone. But I would not feel so all …

Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) ( Jim Croce )

Oh, Rapid Roy that stock car boy He too much to believe You know he always got an extra pack of cigarettes Rolled up in his t-shirt sleeve He got a tattoo on his arm that say "baby" He got another one that just say …

Reason to Believe ( Tim Hardin )

If I listened long enough to you I'd find a way to believe that it's all true Knowing that you lied straight faced while I cried Still I look to find a reason to believe Someone like you makes it hard to live without somebody …

Recently ( Jim Croce )

Used to be that I could see - A reason to be happy 'cause I was free But then - recently it seems I've been lettin' - your mem'ry get to me Used to be that I could pretend - That I wasn't really hurt …

Red Headed Stranger ( Willie Nelson )

The red-headed stranger from Blue Rock, Montana Rode into town one day And under his knees was a raging black stallion And walking behind was a bay The red-headed stranger had eyes like thunder And lips that were sad and tight His little lost love …

Remember Me ( Willie Nelson )

You told me once you were mine alone forever And I was yours till the end of eternity But all those vows are broken now and I will never Be the same except in memory Remember me when the candle lights are gleaming Remember me …

Reminder ( Mumford & Sons )

Don't let me darken your door It's not what I came here for No it's not what I came here for And I won't hear you cry when I'm gone I won't know if I'm doing you wrong I never know if I'm doing you …

Ribbon Of Darkness ( Marty Robbins )

Ribbon of darkness over me since my true love walked out the door Tears I never had before ribbon of darkness over me Clouds are gathering over my head they chill the day and hide the sun And shroud the night when day is done …

Ring of fire ( Johnny Cash )

Love is a burning thing and it makes a fiery ring Bound by wild desire I fell into a ring of fire I fell in to a burning ring of fire I went down, down, down and the flames went higher and it burns, burns …

Riptide ( Vance Joy )

I was scared of dentists and the dark, I was scared of pretty girls and starting conversations, Oh all my friends are turning green, You're the magicians assistant in their dreams. Ooh, ooh ooh Ooh, and they come unstuck Lady, running down to the riptide, …

River ( Joni Mitchell )

It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it don't snow here It stays pretty green I'm going to make a …

Rocky Mountain High ( John Denver )

He was born in the summer, of his twenty seventh year; Coming home to a place he'd never been before He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again You might say he found a key for every door When he first …

Roller Derby Queen ( Jim Croce )

Gonna tell you a story you won't believe But I fell in love last Friday evening With a girl I saw on the bar room TV screen Well I was just getting ready to grab my hat When she caught my eye and I put …

Roses In The Snow ( Emmylou Harris )

I met my darling in the springtime When all the flowers were in bloom And like the flowers our love blossomed We married in the month of June Our love was like a burning ember It warmed us as a golden glow We had sunshine …

Rose Tattoo ( Dropkick Murphys )

[] [] The pictures tell the story This life has many shades I’d wake up every morning and before I’d start each day I’d take a drag from last night’s cigarette That smoldered in its tray Down a little something and then be on my …

Rowboat ( Beck )

Rowboat, row me to the shore She don't wanna be my friend no more She dug a hole in the bottom of my soul She don't wanna be my friend no more Pick me up, gimme some food to eat In your truck, goin' no …

Sad Songs And Waltzes ( Willie Nelson )

I'm writing a song all about you A true song as real as my tears But you've no need to fear it cause no one will hear it Cause sad songs and waltzes aren't selling this year I'll tell all about how you cheated I'd …

Same Old Lang Syne ( Dan Fogelberg )

Met my old lover in a grocery store The snow was falling Christmas Eve Stole behind her in the frozen foods and I touched her on the sleeve She didn't recognize the face at first but then her eyes flew open wide Tried to hug …

Sam Stone ( John Prine )

Sam Stone came home, to his wife and family, after serving in the conflict overseas. And the time that he served, had shattered all his nerves, and left a little shrapnel in his knee. But the morphine eased the pain, and the grass grew round …

San Francisco ( Scott McKenzie )

If you're going to San Francisco Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair If you're going to San Francisco You're gonnameet some gentle people there For those who come to San Francisco Summer time will be a love-in there In the streets of …

Sara ( Bob Dylan )

[] [] [] [] I laid on a dune, I looked at the sky, When the children were babies and played on the beach. You came up behind me, I saw you go by, You were always so close and still within reach. Sara, Sara, …

Scarborough Fair ( Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel )

Are you going to Scarborough Fair Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine Tell her to make me a cambric shirt (On the side of a hill in the deep forest green) …

Seabed ( Nanna )

I know that I am raw Well, I better toughen up Standing by your doorstep Feeling like a runaway Guess I had a hard time To combat your love Guess I just needed that Well, you just laugh it off And you caught me off …

Shelter from the storm ( Bob Dylan )

'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form. "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm." And if …

Shepherd Of My Heart ( Johnny Cash )

You're the shepherd of my heart so treat it tenderly It's a heart that needs your ever-loving care You're the shepherd of my heart until eternity Lead it not into the valley of despair While it's in your keeping guard it with your love Shelter …

Shine For Me ( Sin Fang )

[] [] And I kissed you a thousand times in my mind, Cut you down like a tree and takin' you home, Far away from the sunless gardens, I passed out in the park and you woke me, you woke me. Shine for me, shine …

Side of the Road ( Beck )

Something better than this, someplace I'd like to go To let all I've learned tell me what I know About the kind of life I never thought I'd live Till the ugly truth showed me what it did Let it pass on the side of …

Silent Sunlight ( Cat Stevens )

Silent sunlight, Welcome in, There is work, I must now be-gin. All my dreams have, Blown a-way, And the children, Wait to play. They'll soon re-member, Things to do, When the heart is young, And the night is done, And the sky is blue. Mor-ning …

Simple Song Of Freedom ( Bobby Darin )

Come and sing a simple song of freedom Sing it like you've never sung before Let it fill the air tell the people everywhere We the people here don't want a war Hey there mister black man can you hear me I don't want your …

Simple Twist of Faith ( Bob Dylan )

They sat together in the park as the evening sky grew dark She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones It was then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight And watched out for a simple twist of …

Since I don't have you ( The Skyliners, The Four Seasons, ... )

[] ]F#m][] I don't have plans and schemes. And I don't have hopes and dreams. I-I-I don't have anything, Since I don't have you [] I don't have fond de sires. And I don't have happy hours. I-I-I don't have anything, Since I don't have …

Sing it again ( Beck )

a town of disrespect the trains are wrecked the night is younger then us nowhere is anywhere else you keep to yourself stirring the dregs where I have layed the exit signs are flashing dead ends they won't come to life anymore I pledge the …

Six Weeks ( Of Monsters and Men )

( for the original key of E ) Slow, slow me down her blood, on my bones Let go, lay to rest We fall, we fall, we fall we fall to the ground Sleep, sleep all night while the young, they wait alone So get …

Skinny Love ( Bon Iver )

Come on skinny love just last the year Pour a little salt we were never here My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer I tell my love to wreck it all Cut out all the …

Sleeping Bag ( Beck )

open up the door lay the orange juice on the floor we're having a picnic on the ugly part of town the sleeping bags on fire and its getting down to the wire so grab yourself a spot and settle down awhile cause its getting …

Sloom ( Of Monsters and Men )

The sea said goodbye to the shore so the sun wouldn't notice the seaweed that wrapped it's arms around you The carpet on my cheek feels like the fall grass and i run through the tall trees with your hands chasing me The books that …

Slow And Steady ( Of Monsters and Men )

( for original key of B ) The lights go out, I am all alone All the trees outside are buried in the snow I spend my night dancing with my own shadow And it holds me and it never lets me go I move …

Small bump ( Ed Sheeran )

Your just a small bump unborn and in four months your brought to life. Might be left with my hair but you will have your mother's eyes. I'll hold your body in my hands I will be as gentle as I can , but for …

So Doggone Lonesome ( Johnny Cash )

I do my best to hide this lowdown feeling I try to make believe there's nothing wrong But they're always asking me about you darling And it hurts me so to tell 'em that you're gone If they ask me I guess I'd be denying …

Solitary Man ( Neil Diamond, Johnny Cash )

Belinda was mine 'til the time that I found her Holding Jim And loving him. Then Sue came along, loved me strong, that's what I thought But me and Sue, That died, too. Don't know that I will but until I can find me A …

So Long, Marianne ( Leonard Cohen )

Come over to the window, my little darling, I'd like to try to read your palm. I used to think I was some kind of Gypsy boy, before I let you take me home. Now so long, Marianne, it's time that we began to laugh …