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Kyuss - Demon Cleaner

Kyuss - Demon Cleaner Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Welcome to Sky Valley
Released: 1994

Demon Cleaner Lyrics

I've got the demons in me,
I've got to flush them all away,
I feel the demons rage,
I must clean them all away

Yeah (yeah)

Inside I see more,
Cobwebs in the way,
The magic cleaner will,
Shine his smile over me

I am the demon,
Cleaner to save the day,
I get the back one,
Important they'll always stay

If only one thing that you'll know
Impostors from the show,
They'll try to trick you into,
Normal treatment,
Oh don't you listen to them say,
Shush them all away
I am the Demon Cleaner,
Madman of Encino,
I am the the freedom bleeder,
Standing naked here to say,
I'm the only way

Writer/s: HOMME, JOSH
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Demon Cleaner

Written by Kyuss guitarist Josh Homme, "Demon Cleaner" finds frontman John Garcia singing about purging the demons from his system. The song could be interpreted different ways, but it's really about brushing your teeth.

Dentists and oral hygiene were a big deal for Homme, who used to have nightmares about having his teeth pulled. So the song does relate to his personal demons, but it's also quite literal: the line "I get the back one,
Important they'll always stay," is about brushing your molars.

Garcia, however, would interpret Kyuss songs as they related to his life, and he encouraged listeners to do the same. "If you try to get something deeper out of that from that song, I think that's great," he said in our 2014 interview .

Kyuss didn't print the lyrics on their albums for this very reason: they wanted listeners to hear it through their own ears.

Kyuss was full of rancor around this time, with many of their disputes dealing with songwriting and creative control. John Garcia was not involved in the songwriting, which made him feel like he was not respected. Bass player Brant Bjork, who was the main songwriter along with Homme, left the band after the Welcome to Sky Valley album.

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever

Buckner & Garcia - Pac-Man Fever Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Pac-Man Fever
Released: 1982

Pac-Man Fever Lyrics

I got a pocket full of quarters, and I'm headed to the arcade.
I don't have a lot of money, but I'm bringing everything I made.
I've got a callus on my finger, and my shoulder's hurting too.
I'm gonna eat them all up, just as soon as they turn blue.

[Chorus]
'Cause I've got Pac-Man Fever;
Pac-Man fever.
It's driving me crazy.
Driving me crazy.
I've got Pac-Man fever;
Pac-Man fever.
I'm going out of my mind.
Going out of my mind.
I've got Pac-Man fever;
Pac-Man fever.
I'm going out of my mind.
Going out of my mind.

I've got all the patterns down, up until the ninth key.
I've got Speedy on my tail, and I know it's either him or me.
So I'm heading out the back door and in the other side;
Gonna eat the cherries up and take them all for a ride.

[Chorus]

I'm gonna fake it to the left, and move to the right;
'Cause Pokey's too slow, and Blinky's out of sight.

Now I've got them on the run, and I'm looking for the high score;
So it's once around the block, And I'll slide back out the side door.
I'm really cookin' now, eating everything in sight.
All my money's gone, so I'll be back tomorow night.

'Cause I've got Pac-Man fever;
Pac-Man fever.
It's driving me crazy.
Driving me crazy.
I've got Pac-Man fever;
Pac-Man fever.
I'm going out of my mind.
Going out of my mind.
Repeat and fade

Writer/s: J. BUCKNER, G. GARCIA
Publisher: EUFAULA MUSIC, INC.
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Pac-Man Fever

Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia were a songwriting team who recorded jingles and commercials in the Atlanta area when they got hooked on Pac-Man. After a recording session one night, they went to a bar that had the game and started playing. After a few more nights playing Pac-Man, they wrote a song about it.

Buckner & Garcia were slightly ahead of the Pac-Man trend. By the time the game became a phenomenon, they had already released the song on a small label and were in a position to capitalize on the Pac-Man craze. One of their friends who was a disc jockey in Atlanta played it a few times on his show, and the single started selling. This got the attention of CBS records, who signed them to a deal and issued it as a single in wide release.

When CBS signed Buckner & Garcia, they needed them to put out an album, but it had to be quick, before the Pac-Man fad passed. For 3 weeks, Buckner and Garcia went to arcades researching video games and writing songs about them. The result was an album of video-game songs like "Do The Donkey Kong," "Ode To A Centipede," and "Froggy's Lament."

The single sold over 2 million copies and was a major source of revenue for CBS Records. They dropped Buckner and Garcia the next year.

Contains sound effects from the video game. Since there was no good way to do it, the sounds were recorded directly from the machine.

This was recorded in German by Gerald Mann. The title was "Pac-Man Fieber."

Pac-Man was a big deal in 1982. Spin-off games include "Ms. Pac-Man" and "Pac-Man Jr." It was also made into a cartoon series that year.

The Crystal Method - Born Too Slow

The Crystal Method - Born Too Slow Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Legion of Boom
Released: 2003

Born Too Slow Lyrics

Just like seventies goofballs
He's waiting on last calls
Well listen to Method Man
'Cause if you leave him the last line
Don't leave him the brown kind
Born just a little too slow
Just a little too slow

Just a little too
Oh your lights are burning too
Just a little too
Oh just a little too

'Cause if he picks up the wrong kind
You'll know you'll be turning blind
Gun at your head
Lay him down just the wrong way
You know that he's turning gray
Born just a little too slow

Oh your lights are burning too,
Burning too, burning too slow.
Oh your lights are burning too, just a little too.
Just a little too

Your lights are burning too
Just a little too
Oh your lights are burning too
Just a little to slow

'Cause if you leave him the last line
Don't leave him the brown kind
Well listen to Method Man

So if you're leavin' him callin'
You know you'll be fallin'
Lights are burning low
Your stars are burnin' gold
Lights are burning low.
Your stars are burnin' gold

Born just a little too

Writer/s: KEN JORDAN, SCOTT KIRKLAND, WES BORELAND
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Born Too Slow

The Crystal Method (Scott Kirkland and Ken Jordan) wrote the track for this song and commissioned former Kyuss frontman John Garcia to write the lyric and sing on the track. In our interview with Garcia, he said that he was surprised when The Crystal Method asked to work with him, since there wasn't much crossover between their sound and what he did in Kyuss. Garcia, however, has varied musical tastes and was intrigued by the challenge, so he took the gig, choosing this track to work with out of a few that Kirkland and Jordan sent him.

"I like it when I have a personal vendetta with a song, I'll put it to you that way," he said in our 2014 interview . "When I can't fit a lyric or a melody to a song, it becomes a thing with me and I have a relationship with it, and sometimes it wins and sometimes it doesn't win. Well, this one was personal to me and I wanted to see if I could do it. My inner artist was bored with what he was doing, and I just thought it was a challenge."

Describing the lyrical content of this song, John Garcia told us it was "another tragedy about this dude born slow and who got into drugs - just another tragic story."

The 5th Dimension - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In

The 5th Dimension - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: The Age Of Aquarius
Released: 1969

Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In Lyrics

When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius
Aquarius

Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius
Aquarius

When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius
Aquarius
Aquarius
Aquarius

Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in

Oh, let it shine, c'mon
Now everybody just sing along
Let the sun shine in
Open up your heart and let it shine on in
When you are lonely, let it shine on
Got to open up your heart and let it shine on in
And when you feel like you've been mistreated
And your friends turn away
Just open your heart, and shine it on in

Writer/s: MAC DERMOT, GALT/RADO, JAMES/RAGNI, GEROME /
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In

This was written for the rock opera Hair, where it became an anthem for young people who grew their hair out and protested the US government. In the book By the Time We Got to Woodstock: The Great Rock 'n' Roll Revolution of 1969 , Bruce Pollock writes:
Among the many people calling the publisher in 1968 for a lock of Hair's mystique was the L.A. producer Bones Howe, who'd been working with the 5th Dimension since engineering "Up-Up and Away" for their first album in 1967. He'd produced hits for the Turtles ("It Ain't Me Babe") and the Association ("Windy"); he'd been a personal guest of Lou Adler at the Monterey Pop Festival where he was perhaps the only West Coast guy in attendance to appreciate Laura Nyro's gruesome performance. Later he delivered Laura's "Stoned Soul Picnic" to the 5th Dimension, for which it was their biggest r&b hit. He was shuttling back and forth between his home in L.A. and the studio in New York working on the vocals for the Stoned Soul Picnic album when the group told him they wanted to do "Aquarius."

"The thing that bothered me about it was that there'd been other releases of 'Aquarius,'" said Bones, "and none had done anything, so I was concerned about what we would do that would be any different. I went to see the show and there's a place where they do "The Flesh Failures" and at the end of the song is just a three bar repeated thing of 'Let the sunshine in' where Ragni was swinging across the stage on a chandelier and there was all kinds of craziness going on. That really stayed with me and I came out of the theater saying, I wonder if I could stick that on the end of 'Aquarius' and make that the ending. So I went back to the hotel and I called the publisher. I mean you don't mess with the music from a Broadway show. I started my professional career in 1956 and I knew a lot about what you can and what you can't do with songs. I said, look the 5th Dimension would like to record 'Aquarius,' but I'd like to make it a medley and I'd like to use the last three bars of 'The Flesh Failures' and I don't want to do it without permission. So he said okay, you can go ahead and do it."

The next problem was to go ahead and do it. "The record was plotted in the fall of '68 and more or less finished in January of '69," Bones said. "I had to do a lot of work with my vocal arranger, Bob Alsivar. Because they couldn't sing both songs in the same key, we had to do a modulation; we figured out how I was going to do the instrumental arrangement so we could change keys. The record itself is the result of a conglomeration of things. I began as a jazz musician and I know the standard repertoire pretty well. I kept thinking about a song called 'Lost in the Stars' and trying to find something to give you that kind of impression. I described it to Bill Holman and he wrote that beautiful woodwinds and strings part that's in the intro. We did the track in L.A. and the vocals in Las Vegas where the 5th Dimension were opening for Frank Sinatra. We were working in that studio in Las Vegas where you used to have to stop when the train went by. Once when we were doing practice runs while the train passed Billy started that riff at the end 'oh let the sunshine…' so I said, wait, let me put that on a separate track at the end. There were a lot of happy accidents making the record."

That the Age of Aquarius (harmony, understanding, sympathy, trust, mystic crystals, revelations) announced to mainstream America by the song had already irrevocably given way to Richard Nixon's vision of law and order troubled Bones Howe not in the least. "I was in my thirties then; I was never part of that culture," he said. "But I made records they liked. I spent my life in the studio. Sometimes I went to the Trip and the Crescendo and all of those places on Sunset Strip because I worked with so many of those people. I was the engineer on 'Eve of Destruction' when the Mamas and Papas came to sing backup vocals. I was there the first night they were there and did their first three albums."

The 5th Dimension was a highly popular ensemble group during the late '60s and early '70s. It originally consisted of Billy Davis, Jr., Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, and Ron Townson, who were quickly joined by Florence LaRue. They at first called themselves the Versatiles, and owed their rise to Motown Records and Johnny Rivers, who had just started his own record company. This song turned out to be their biggest hit, staying at #1 for six weeks. The 5th Dimension performed several more hits over the years until 1975, when Davis and McCoo got married and left the group. The original group reunited in 1990 for a tour, capitalizing on the growing nostalgia for the music of its era. (thanks, Mike - Santa Barbara, CA)

The Age of Aquarius is when the sun is in the constellation Aquarius during the springtime. The next time that this will happen is 2448. We are currently in the age of Pisces. (thanks, Derick - West Hartford, CT)

This song won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in 1970. It was the second time the group won the Record of the Year, two years previously they won the award for "Up-Up and Away."

This appeared in the movie Forrest Gump, and has a big part in the movie The 40 Year Old Virgin, where at the end of the movie the cast performs the song in Hippie costumes to celebrate the de-flowering of the virgin. (thanks, Dawson - Draper, UT)

In he movie Apollo 13, there are some scenes where the astronauts are filming live feeds from space from inside the spaceship for viewing on television (the live feeds were commonly featured on network TV in the early days of space flight). In the movie, the astronauts play Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit In The Sky" as the background music and theme song for the TV appearances. Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell has since stated that the real song used as the "Theme Song" was "Aquarius," as Aquarius was the name of the Lunar Landing Module that ultimately served as the crew's lifeboat when the mission went awry. (thanks, justin - Canton, IL)

Ex-Soul Coughing frontman Mike Doughty used the "Let the sunshine in" refrain as the chorus for "Fort Hood," a song from his 2008 album Golden Delicious. (thanks, Joshua - La Crosse, WI)

Banks - Waiting Game

Banks - Waiting Game Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Goddess
Released: 2014

Waiting Game Lyrics

I'm thinking it over
The way you make me feel all sexy but it's causing me shame
I wanna lean on your shoulder
I wish I was in love but I don't wanna cause any pain
And if I'm feeling like I'm evil, we've got nothing to gain

What if I never even see you cause we're both on a stage
Don't tell me listen to your song because it isn't the same
I don't wanna say your love is a Waiting Game

Baby I'm thinking it over
What if the way we started made it something cursed from the start
What if it only gets colder
Would you still wrap me up and tell me that you think this was smart
Cause lately I've been scared of even thinking 'bout where we are

What if I never even see you cause we're both on a stage
Don't tell me listen to your song because it isn't the same
I don't wanna say your love is a waiting game

What if I never even see you cause we're both on a stage
Don't tell me listen to your song because it isn't the same
I don't wanna say your love is a waiting game

Writer/s: BANKS, JILLIAN ROSE / TAYLOR, CHRIS
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., AUSTRO-MECHANA GMBH
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Waiting Game

This was covered by Neon Jungle on their Welcome to the Jungle album, which was released a month before Banks' own Goddess set. The American singer accused the British girl group of failing to get her permission to cover the tune. "People keep asking why I let Neon Jungle put my song 'Waiting Game' on their album when my album has yet to come out," she wrote on her Facebook page. "The answer is I was never asked. I was as shocked as you to see this song made up of my own heartbeats on their album."

"A song that was born from my real life, my real heartache, my real fingertips when I was at one of the most confusing times in my life," Banks added. "How strange it is to see it used on someone else's album before it even comes out on mine. It makes me feel very uncomfortable."

"I am a new artist and new to this business and I am told it is legal. But it feels really icky. I guess I can only hope 'Waiting Game' means as much to Neon Jungle as it did to me when I wrote it."

Banks performed this song along with "Beggin' For Thread" when she made her TV debut on the August 7, 2014 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live.

The song was used to soundtrack the scene in Divergent when Tris goes to visit her brother Caleb at Erudite headquarters.

This backed a racy Victoria's Secret lingerie commercial as a model walks down a Parisian street.

John Lennon - How Do You Sleep?

John Lennon - How Do You Sleep? Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Imagine
Released: 1971

How Do You Sleep? Lyrics

So Sgt. Pepper took you by surprise
You better through that mother's eyes
Those freaks was right when they said you was dead
The one mistake you made was in your head
How Do You Sleep?
Ah how do you sleep at night?

You live with straights who tell you you was king
Jump when your mamma tell you any thing
The only thing you did was yesterday
And since your gone you're just another day
How do you sleep?
Ah how do you sleep at night?

A pretty face may last a year or two
But pretty soon they'll see what you can do
The sound you make is muzak to my ears
You must have learnt something all those years
How do you sleep?
Ah how do you sleep at night?

Writer/s: LENNON, JOHN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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How Do You Sleep?

Lennon wrote this at the height of his feud with Paul McCartney after The Beatles broke up. Each line of the song is an attack on some aspect of McCartney's life or music at the time. For instance, the line "Everything you done was yesterday. Since you gone you're just another day" refers to Paul's song "Yesterday" with The Beatles and his first solo single "Another Day." John felt that Paul's greatest work was behind him.

When the Imagine album was originally released, it contained a postcard of John holding the ears of a large pig. This was making fun of Paul's 1971 album cover for Ram, released before Imagine, where Paul is pictured holding the horns of a ram. On the back of the Ram album, Paul included a picture of two beetles 'screwing,' or saying to John 'screw' you from one Beatle to another.

The feud between Lennon and McCartney originated after The Beatles manager Brian Epstein passed away. Paul wanted his new father-in-law to manage the group while the other Beatles wanted the notorious Allen Klein. Lennon and McCartney maintained a frosty relationship after the band broke up. By most accounts, McCartney contacted Lennon periodically, but was often rebuffed. The last time they saw each other was two years before Lennon's death when they shared dinner in New York. In a 2008 interview with The Times of London, McCartney said: "The answer to John was well - I was sleeping very well at the time. Before John died I got back a good relationship with him. That was very special. The arguments we had didn't matter. We were able to just take the piss about all those songs; they weren't that harsh. In fact, I have been thanked by Yoko and everyone else for saving the Beatles from Allen Klein. Everything comes round in the end."

This appears in John and Yoko's film Imagine. (thanks, Mike - Little Falls, NJ, for above 4)

Some of Lennon's lyrics refer to McCartney's "Too Many People" from his album Ram (Hence the pig postcard). The lyrics from "Too Many People" that referred to Lennon: "Too many people preaching practices" and "You took your lucky break and broke it in two." (thanks, John - Watertown, WI)

Nicky Hopkins, an Apple records protégé who Paul McCartney produced on his song "Those Are The Days My Friend," played piano on this.

George Harrison played lead guitar on this track, and Klaus Voorrman played the bass. Voorman, an old friend from The Beatles Hamburg days, did the cover collage for The Beatles album Revolver. The fact that others who were close to McCartney also played on this track made it even more painful for the former Beatle. (thanks, Chet - Saratoga Springs, NY, for above 2)

Lennon discussed this song in an interview with BBC Radio 1 DJ Andy Peebles on December 6, 1980, four days before his death. He recalled: "I used my resentment against Paul, that I have as a kind of sibling rivalry resentment from youth, to write a song. It was a creative rivalry… It was not a vicious vendetta… but I felt resentment, so I used that situation the same as I used withdrawing from heroin to write Cold Turkey; I used my resentment and withdrawing from Paul and the Beatles to write How Do You Sleep?" (Source Q magazine November 2010)

Bars & Melody - Hopeful

Bars & Melody - Hopeful Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Single Release Only
Released: 2014

Hopeful Lyrics

Hopeful

Bars & Melody are a teenage rap duo comprising Leondre Devries and Charlie Lenehan. The pair came to the public attention after finishing in third place on the 2014 series of Britain's Got Talent. This is their first single after signing a record deal with Simon Cowell's label Syco.

The song is based around the lyrics and music of Twista's single "Hope," which peaked at #25 on the UK singles chart in 2005. The original track mainly focused on the American rapper's view on the War on Terrorism, but Leondre wrote new anti-bullying lyrics after being relentlessly picked-on in school by a group of boys. "For me, this whole experience has been about connecting with other kids who are going through what I went through," he said. "I've talked to so many people and it's given me an amazing confidence and strength and it just makes me amazingly happy to be able to be in this position to do so much more."

Happy Mondays - Step On

Happy Mondays - Step On Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Pills 'N Thrills And Bellyaches
Released: 1990

Step On Lyrics

Writer/s:
Publisher:
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Step On

This is a cover of a John Kongos song called "He's Gonna Step On You Again," originally released in 1971. It was written by Kongos and Christos Demitriou and hit #4 UK and #70 US. (thanks, Gerard - Sheffield, England)

The Happy Mondays never caught on in America, where this was the closest they came to a hit.

John Kongos wrote this as a protest song against white man's appropriation of native territory in Africa. It was built around a riff lifted from an African tribal dance recorded in a jungle, and it is cited by the Guinness Book of Records as the first ever sample used on a record.

John Kongos was a South African singer/multi instrumentalist who settled in the UK in 1966. In 1971 he recorded his debut album Kongos, which was produced by Gus Dudgeon and includes both this and his other hit single, "Tokolshe Man." Kongos was later a top session musician (he produced and played keyboards on Def Leppard's 1983 album Pyromania) and also scored the 1978 film The Greek Tycoon. (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England, for above 2)

Fences - Arrows

Fences - Arrows Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Lesser Oceans
Released: 2014

Arrows Lyrics

My old man
He kicked me out
He kicked me out
When I told him that I lived this way
I lived this way, I lived this way
I lived this way, I lived this way
I lived this way, I lived this way
I lived this way
He doesn't own me
He doesn't own me
He doesn't own me
He doesn't own me
Just escape!

Arrows land, we’re fallin'
Arrows (arrows) were fallin'
Arrows land, we’re fallin'
Arrows (arrows) were fallin'

The black rinse align your face
Like a deer drinking water in a picture frame
I swear to God I've seen those eyes
The back of my lids when closing mine
With clasped hands we shake it out, shake it out
Lace the boots and we walk away
I felt slightly connected to him and said
Now boy, now you own me

Arrows land, we’re fallin'
Arrows (arrows) were fallin'
Arrows land, we’re fallin'
Arrows (arrows) were fallin'

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
He doesn't sleep
So in truth he never wakes up
Another day rushing to his death
Out of breath on the treadmill of the famous
He makes mistakes tells stories to his paintbrush
And when the world finally sees his art
He wishes that he never would have made it
Just escape, just escape
Ricochets and eclipses faith
Living in a city with a grey umbrella over your shoulders
And you're becoming suffocated by the weight, can't hit those breaks
This is what you wanted, huh
But you got it all in vein
'Cause you forgot who you are
Right as the world learned your name it goes

Arrows land, we’re fallin'
Arrows (arrows) were fallin'
Arrows land, we’re fallin'
Arrows (arrows) were fallin'

Let me ash my issues
Ashtray is this asphalt
American spirits, black coffee, conversations and a passport
When God gives you everything
Everything that you ever asked for
And it still looks a bit different
Then when you pictured it on that back porch, and I'm gone
World traveler all I got is my songs
When the nights start blending into one another and I don't recall
Tom Petty in this motherfucker, all I wanna do is free fall
Yeah free fall
And I'm so caught up, I'm caught up
I'm caught up and I'm so tired
Swore that I wouldn't stare into the light and guess who tried it
Shit I'm blinded by this lime light
This lime light, it's all night, it's all day
These bright lights, these bright lights
Once you turn 'em on, you can't walk away
Don't die here, don't die here
I came too far, I'm too great
But I'm too scared and I'm too afraid
To stare this world into its face
I'm almost home, I'm driving lost
My eyelids closed, light turns to grey
The cameras off, the show is over
You close the curtains and just escape

Arrows land, we’re fallin'
Arrows (arrows) were fallin'
Arrows land, we’re fallin'
Arrows (arrows) were fallin'

I live this way
I live this way
I live this way
I live this way
I live this way
I live this way
I live this way
I live this way

(Just escape!)

Writer/s: RYAN LEWIS, BEN GREENSPAN, BEN HAGGERTY, CHRISTOPHER MANSFIELD, JACQUIRE KING
Publisher: DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Arrows

Fences is a Seattle three-piece comprising frontman Christopher Mansfield, keyboardist Ben Greenspan and bassist Lindsey Starr. This song features Mansfield detailing a story of being kicked out of home by his father and breaking out on his own.

Fellow Seattle resident Macklemore jumps in after the second chorus, spitting rhymes about fame and fortune. They include a play on words on a famous Bruce Springsteen tune as he raps about being "blinded by this limelight."

Macklemore wrote one of his verses in December 2013 while he was on a short break following his and Ryan's breakout success. "I think a lot of it is still relevant because I wrote the second verse later," he told MTV News. "I think a lot of it is still there, it might be for a while."

Macklemore's music partner, Ryan Lewis, contributed production for the tune. Once the Seattle rapper was added to the track, Mansfield told Billboard magazine Lewis was the obvious choice to tweak the knobs: "He was by far the best person to wrap it up and put the bow on it."

Macklemore and Christopher Mansfield are good buddies - the latter earned a co-writing credit on the Heist track "10,000 Hours." "Fences is a good friend," Macklemore told Billboard magazine. "He's fu---d up in the same way that I'm fu---d up. Because of that, our lives relate beyond the music."

"I've always admired his talent for illustrating with words and evoking imagery, the rapper added. "We've made a bunch of stuff together over the years and this here song about Arrows is my favorite one we've done."

Mansfield told MTV News that he "almost cried" after hearing Macklemore's verses for the first time. "I was really nervous," he said. "And I put my computer by my window in Brooklyn and I lit a cigarette and I listened all nervous, and I was like, 'Oh my god' - I almost cried. It was so good because he said a lot of things, powerful stuff."

America - Sister Golden Hair

America - Sister Golden Hair Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Hearts
Released: 1975

Sister Golden Hair Lyrics

Well I tried to make it Sunday, but I got so damn depressed
That I set my sights on Monday and I got myself undressed
I ain't ready for the altar but I do agree there's times
When a woman sure can be a friend of mine

Well, I keep on thinkin' 'bout you, Sister Golden Hair surprise
And I just can't live without you; can't you see it in my eyes?
I been one poor correspondent, and I been too, too hard to find
But it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind

Will you meet me in the middle, will you meet me in the air?
Will you love me just a little, just enough to show you care?
Well I tried to fake it, I don't mind sayin', I just can't make it

Well, I keep on thinkin' 'bout you, Sister Golden Hair surprise
And I just can't live without you; can't you see it in my eyes?
Now I been one poor correspondent, and I been too, too hard to find
But it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind

Will you meet me in the middle, will you meet me in the air?
Will you love me just a little, just enough to show you care?
Well I tried to fake it, I don't mind sayin', I just can't make it

Doo wop doo wop ...

Writer/s: BECKLEY, GERRY
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Sister Golden Hair

Dewey Bunnell and Gerry Beckley are the primary songwriters in America - both also sing and play a variety of instruments.

"Sister Golden Hair" was written and sung by Beckley, who says that it was based on a composite of different girls. When asked if it was written to anyone, Beckley said: "No, this is all poetic license. With 'Sister Golden Hair,' as far as my folks were concerned, I was writing a song about my sister, and I couldn't quite fathom it; they must not have listened to the lyrics." (thanks, Brett - Edmonton, Canada)

In our interview with Gerry Beckley , he explained that he made a demo of this song before America recorded their fourth album, Holiday, but he was happy with the songs they chose for that album so "Sister Golden Hair" sat on the shelf for a year, making the cut for their next album, Hearts.

"I can't really tell you if it was a lack of faith in the song or not, but it was interesting to see," he said. "It shows you that songs can have a life of their own - they might just need the right time and circumstances to surface."

This song was used in a bloody scene in a 2001 episode of the TV series The Sopranos. It also appears in the movies Cherish (2002), Radio (2003) and All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006).

George Martin, who was The Beatles producer, produced this track and the rest of the Hearts album (he started working with America on their previous album, Holiday). It was Martin's 20th US #1 as a producer, and his first away from The Beatles. He would have three more: "Ebony and Ivory," "Say Say Say" and "Candle In The Wind."

Phil Hartman, who was a graphic designer before his star turn in Saturday Night Live, designed the cover to the Hearts album.

Loudon Wainwright III - Brand New Dance

Loudon Wainwright III - Brand New Dance Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Haven't Got the Blues (Yet)
Released: 2014

Brand New Dance Lyrics

Brand New Dance

Loudon Wainwright III leads his Haven't Got the Blues (Yet) album with this rocking track, which evokes The Big Bopper's classic "Chantilly Lace." He explained the song is "me moaning and groaning about the horror and embarrassment of personal physical diminishment in the wider context of the world in which we live today."

The Shirelles - Dedicated to the One I Love

The Shirelles - Dedicated to the One I Love Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Original Golden Hits
Released: 1961

Dedicated to the One I Love Lyrics

This is Dedicated to the One I Love
While I'm far away from you my baby
I know it's hard for you my baby
Because it's hard for me my baby
And the darkest hour is just before dawn
Each night before you go to bed my baby
Whisper a little prayer for me my baby
And tell all the stars above

This is dedicated to the one I love
Life can never be exactly like we want it to be
I can be satisfied just knowing that you love me
There's one thing I want you to do especially for me
And it's something that everybody needs
Each night before you go to bed my baby
Whisper a little prayer for me my baby
And tell all the stars above

This is dedicated to the one I love
This is dedicated to the one I love

Writer/s: RALPH BASS, LOWMAN PAULING
Publisher: CARLIN AMERICA INC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Dedicated to the One I Love

This was originally recorded by the North Carolina vocal group The 5 Royales in 1958. The Shirelles' version was the hit; it first peaked at #83 in 1959, but when it was re-released in 1961 it went to #3.

The 5 Royales guitarist Lowman Pauling wrote this song along with the group's producer, Ralph Bass.

The Mamas and The Papas released their version in 1967. (thanks, Chantal - Liverpool, Canada)

Normally, Shirley Owens Alston was the Shirelles' lead singer. However, on this song, Doris Coley Kenner sang lead. (thanks, Jerro - New Alexandria, PA)

When The 5 Royales were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015, no members of the group were still alive. At the ceremony, the soul singer Leon Bridges performed this song in an "In Memoriam" segment honoring musicians that had recently died.