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Framing Hanley - You Stupid Girl

Framing Hanley - You Stupid Girl Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: A Promise to Burn
Released: 2010

You Stupid Girl Lyrics

Feels like the walls are closing in on me
I'm suffocating, I can barely breathe
And you've got me right where you want me
This is a side of you I've never seen
You're not the girl that you used to be
And you've got me right where you want me

You always know how to bring me down
Let's just face it now
I'm never changing

You are my world
My everything
You Stupid Girl
Gonna be the death of me
So let me go
Just let me be
You stupid girl
Love the way you're killing me
(You're killing me)
You stupid girl

You're like an angel but with broken wings
A heart so cold could never show mercy
And you've got me right where you want me

You are my world
Feels like the walls are closing in on me
I'm suffocating, I can barely breathe
And you've got me right where you want me
This is a side of you I've never seen
You're not the girl that you used to be
And you've got me right where you want me

You always know how to bring me down
Let's just face it now
I'm never changing

You are my world
My everything
You stupid girl
Gonna be the death of me
So let me go
Just let me be
You stupid girl
Love the way you're killing me
(You're killing me)
You stupid girl

You're like an angel but with broken wings
A heart so cold could never show mercy
And you've got me right where you want me

You are my world
My everything
You stupid girl
Gonna be the death of me

So let me go
Just let me be
You stupid girl
Love the way you're killing me
(You're killing me)
You stupid girl
(You're killing me)
You stupid girl

I know I'm a bastard
But I'm not a coward
(But can't you see what you're doing to me)
I'm falling faster
More every hour
(Why can't you see what you're doing to me)
Open your eyes
Open your eyes
This is killing me

You are my world
My everything
You stupid girl
Gonna be the death of me
So let me go
Just let me be
You stupid girl
Love the way you're killing me
(You're killing me)
You stupid girl
(You're killing me)
You stupid girl

You stupid girl
Gonna be the death of me

So let me go
Just let me be
You stupid girl
Love the way you're killing me
(You're killing me)
You stupid girl
(You're killing me)
You stupid girl

I know I'm a bastard
But I'm not a coward
(But can't you see what you're doing to me)
I'm falling faster
More every hour
(Why can't you see what you're doing to me)
Open your eyes
Open your eyes
This is killing me

You are my world
My everything
You stupid girl
Gonna be the death of me
So let me go
Just let me be
You stupid girl
Love the way you're killing me
(You're killing me)
You stupid girl
(You're killing me)
You stupid girl

Writer/s: HENRIKSEN, TOMMY / HOLMAN, MARK / ARCHILLA, GREGORY SCOTT / HANLEY, FRAMING
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, ROUND HILL MUSIC
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You Stupid Girl

A track from Framing Hanley's second album, this song follows a common theme in the band's music: relationships that are detrimental to one or both parties. In our interview with lead singer Kenneth Nixon , he said of this song: "It's about really putting yourself in a situation that's conducive to your health and overall well-being all for the point of making another person happy instead of yourself."

Mel & Tim - Starting All Over Again

Mel & Tim - Starting All Over Again Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Starting All Over Again
Released: 1972

Starting All Over Again Lyrics

Starting All Over Again is gonna be rough, so rough
But we're gonna make it
Starting all over as friends is gonna be rough, on us
But we gotta face it

We lost what we had, that's why it hurt so bad.
It set us back a thousand years.
We're gonna make it up, though it's gonna be rough
To erase all the hurt and tears
Starting all over again is gonna be hard
But I pray that the love will help us make it
Starting all over again is gonna be slow
But we both know that we can make it

We gotta take life as it comes
And never worry about who's right or wrong
It's an uphill climb
To the finish line
We're gonna try to make it
One more time

Starting all over again is gonna be rough, so rough
But we're gonna make it
Starting all over as friends is gonna be tough, on us
But we gotta face it

Starting all over again is gonna be hard
But I pray that the love will help us make it
Starting all over again is gonna be slow
We both know that we're gonna make it

Writer/s: MITCHELL, PHILLIP LEROY
Publisher: Peermusic Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Starting All Over Again

This song is about building a romance anew after an initial breakup. The singer knows it will be an uphill climb, but with help from above, he thinks they can get there. The keys: take it slow, and don't fuss about who's wrong and who's right.

Mel & Tim are cousins Mel Hardin and Tim McPherson (Tim sings lead on this track). They started writing songs when they were teenagers growing up in Mississippi. Some of their songs got the attention of Gene Chandler, who signed them to his newly formed Bamboo label. Chandler wanted them to sing the songs they wrote, and they quickly scored two hits for the label: "Backfield In Motion" (#10 US, 1969) and "Good Guys Only Win In The Movies" (#45 US, 1970). The label ran into problems, so Mel & Tim waited out their contract and signed with Stax Records in 1972. Stax released "Starting All Over Again" as their first single - an apt title since the duo was rebooting their career. Unfortunately, it would be their last hit.

This song was written by Phillip Mitchell, who was a staff songwriter at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, where Mel & Tim recorded this track. Mitchell also wrote "Oh La De Da" for The Staple Singers and "It Hurts So Good" for Millie Jackson. The studio at this time had songs on hand written by their staff writers in case an artist needed one, which happened quite often.

The production and arrangement of this song, including the sitar and the spoken intro, was modeled on "Have You Seen Her" by the Chi-Lites, which was a huge hit in 1971.

The spoken intro on this track (removed on the edits sent to pop radio) sets up the storyline in clear detail. After Western Union shows up with a telegram for Mel, we hear this exchange:

Mel: Hey Tim, this is from Barbara.

Tim: Oh, what is she talking about?

Mel: She says she still loves me, she can't do without me. And she'll be here tomorrow.

Tim: I thought you had settled all of that, man.

Mel: Hey man, you see, you just don't understand. I never stopped loving her, I just wasn't ready to accept the love she was willing to give. But if she still loves me, there's nothing in the world that can keep us from making it this time.

Setting up a song with a spoken introduction was popularized by Isaac Hayes, who did it on his version of "By the Time I Get to Phoenix." Hayes was a writer, musician and artist for Stax, which was Mel & Tim's label.

Daryl Hall and John Oates covered this in 1991. Their version made #10 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Everything but the Girl - The Night I Heard Caruso Sing

Everything but the Girl - The Night I Heard Caruso Sing Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Idlewild
Released: 1988

The Night I Heard Caruso Sing Lyrics

Born from the dark
In the black cloak of night
To envelop its prey below
Deliver to the light
To eliminate your enemy
Hit them in their sleep
And when all is won and lost
The spoils of wars are yours to keep

Great nations built from the bones of the dead
With mud and straw, blood and sweat
You know your worth when your enemies
Praise your architecture of aggression

Praise your architecture of aggression
Ensuing power vacuum
A toppled leader dies
His body fuels the power fire
And the flames rise to the sky
One side of his face a kiss
The other genocide
Time to pay with your ass
A worldwide suicide

Great nations built from the bones of the dead
With mud and straw, blood and sweat
You know your worth when your enemies
Praise your architecture of aggression

Born from the dark
In the black cloak of the night
To envelop its prey below
Deliver to the light
To eliminate your enemy
Hit them in their sleep
And when all is won and lost
The spoils of war are yours to keep

Great nations built from the bones of the dead
With mud and straw, blood and sweat
You know your worth when your enemies
Praise your architecture of aggression

Great nations built from the bones of the dead
With mud and straw, blood and sweat
You know your worth when your enemies
Praise your architecture of aggression

Writer/s: MUSTAINE, DAVE/ELLEFSON, DAVE
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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The Night I Heard Caruso Sing

The song appears on the duo's fourth album Idlewild. Ben Watt wrote the war-conscious tune in the mid-'80s after driving with his dad to Scotland to revisit some of his old stomping grounds. One of the places they went to was the Holy Loch, which was used as a submarine base in World War II.

In our interview with Watt , he told us about his experience of standing on the edge of the Holy Loch and a nuclear submarine surfacing right in front of them, calling it "A startling moment." He explained how the story of the song is more than just about hearing the Italian operatic tenor, Enrico Caruso, sing for the first time and restoring his faith in humanity. "The song is about the redemptive power of music," said Watt. "Not just Caruso - to make sense of life, to offer succor and wonder, even when life itself may seem frightening and unknowable."

Unlike most EBTG songs, Ben Watt sings the lead vocals on this one. Tracey Thorn joins in to sing harmonies with Watt at the 1:30 mark.

Ill Wind - Hung Up Chick

Ill Wind - Hung Up Chick Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Flashes
Released: 1968

Hung Up Chick Lyrics

Hung Up Chick

This was written by Ken and Tom Frankel. The album was produced by Tom Wilson and released on ABC records. (thanks, Richard - Los Angeles, CA)

Ben Watt - The Levels

Ben Watt - The Levels Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Hendra
Released: 2014

The Levels Lyrics

Your state agent's been over, I've resurfaced the driveway
I'm selling flowers round the pavement, made it nice up the place
I'm up the selling of business, my heart is an ended
Without your face over the counter, without your face

Some nights I'm out there on The Levels
Through the village, pass the church where we got married
And I can see for miles

Now, there is the future, what's it standing in my way?
Right now it's my past, and it's not moving forth

Some nights Im out there on the levels
And the ditches and the fields are flooded by the river
And I can see for miles
And I know its only daylight that we all walk through
And everybody has wounds that heal in time
And Ill get over mine x2

Some nights I'm out there on the levels
And were talking like we used to
And its me who does the talking
Are we out there for a while?

And I can see for miles

Writer/s: WATT, BEN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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The Levels

Ben Watt, best known for his group with wife Tracey Thorn, Everything But The Girl, released his second solo album, Hendra in 2014. The record is a departure from his electronic music and a return to his folk roots featured on his debut album that was released 31 years earlier.

The album was inspired by the unexpected death of Watt's sister. He told us that the song "Hendra" was about his sister's dreams of escape and that "The Levels" was about "what her husband was left with."

The track features a cameo from David Gilmour, the co-lead vocalist and guitarist for the British Evolutionary Rock band, Pink Floyd. Gilmour plays slide guitar and contributes backing vocals. Watt spoke to us about how this unexpected collaboration came to be: "We ran into each other by chance at a party just before I started the album. Two musicians in a room full of people from book publishing. We got talking. He invited me to hear his demos. I thought he was joking, but he texted me later to say he was serious." He went on to reveal the simplicity of the situation, "We spent a day at his house and studio, chatting, listening, getting on. It seemed easy. Two weeks later I asked him if he fancied playing on 'The Levels.' He loved the song, said yes, and it was done in a matter of days. Very simple, really." (Here's our full Ben Watt interview .)

Rush - The Trees

Rush - The Trees Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Hemispheres
Released: 1978

The Trees Lyrics

There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with The Trees
For the Maples want more sunlight
And the Oaks ignore their pleas

The trouble with the maples
(And they're quite convinced they're right)
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light
But the oaks can't help their feelings
If they like the way they're made
And they wonder why the maples
Can't be happy in their shade?

There is trouble in the forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream 'Oppression!'
And the oaks, just shake their heads

So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights
'The oaks are just too greedy
We will make them give us light'
Now there's no more oak oppression
For they passed a noble law
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet,
Axe,
And saw

Writer/s: NEIL PEART, GEDDY LEE WEINRIB, ALEX LIFESON
Publisher: OLE MEDIA MANAGEMENT
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The Trees

Though it seems to be steeped in meaning, according to lyricist/drummer Neil Peart, there is no meaning at all in this song. When asked in the April/May 1980 Modern Drummer magazine about whether there is a message to this song, Peart said, "No. It was just a flash. I was working on an entirely different thing when I saw a cartoon picture of these trees carrying on like fools. I thought, 'What if trees acted like people?' So I saw it as a cartoon really, and wrote it that way. I think that's the image that it conjures up to a listener or a reader. A very simple statement." (thanks, Thomas - Pittsburgh, PA)

This was used as the B-side of the US release of "Circumstances" as well as the UK release of "The Spirit Of Radio
."

This song is made up of three distinct time signatures: 6/8, which is used through most of the acoustic sections, the traditional 4/4, which is used in the heavier lead guitar sections, and an unusual 5/4 time signature used in the instrumental bridge. (thanks, Zach - Horn Lake, MS)

This song is referenced in the comical online role playing game Kingdom of Loathing. The description of the item Maple Syrup is: "There is unrest in the forest, there is trouble with the trees. Which means plenty of tasty treeblood for you." (thanks, Suzan - Rochester, NY)

Ricky, from the Canadian TV series Trailer Park Boys, references this song in the episode "The Spirit of Radio" when he says that he doesn't like Rush because they're "Always singing about trees and stuff like that." (thanks, James - Vancouver, Canada)

This song can be seen as a extremely over dramatic representation of how Canadians feel about Americans. Note the maple leaf is at the center of the Canadian flag. (thanks, George - Manassas, VA)

The American politician Rand Paul sometimes mentioned this song in interviews and speeches, using it as an example of his libertarian ideology. Neil Peart, whose political views don't always synch with Paul's, had Rush's management send a cease-and-desist order to Paul asking him to stop quoting the lyrics.

Al Green - You Ought to Be with Me

Al Green - You Ought to Be with Me Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Call Me
Released: 1972

You Ought to Be with Me Lyrics

Sit right down and talk to me
About how you want to be
You Ought to Be with Me
Yeah, you ought to be with me

Thinking about what people do
Talking about how I love you
Thinking there's nothing to what they say
You're going to be with me, anyway

They don't want to see us do
All of the things we want to
You ought to be with me
Hey, you ought to be with me

You don't have to waste my time
If you want to be a friend of mine
You can leave me now and walk away
And turn your back for another day

Oh babe, yeah, yeah

Say you ought to be the kind of girl
That can brighten this old world
And it's hard to see why you and me
Can't be together happily

I'm trying to realize
You being with some other guy
I don't know the reason why
You ought to be with me until I die

You ought to be with me until I die

I don't want to waste my time
If you want to be a friend of mine
I want to hold you tight, love you right
Put good feelin' in your night

Writer/s: AL GREEN, WILLIE MITCHELL, AL JACKSON JR.
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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You Ought to Be with Me

Written by Al Green, Willie Mitchell and Al Jackson Jr., this song was one of three hit singles from the Call Me album (along with "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" and "Call Me (Come Back Home)."

This song was Green's fifth gold-certified single. He would go on to earn three more, the last being "Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)" in 1974.

This song was also a hit on the US Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart, where it held the top position for one week in December 1972.

This song was featured in the 1997 romantic drama Love Jones, starring Larenz Tate and Nia Long.

Pete Rock's "You Remind Me" and Ghostface Killah's "260" both sample this song.

Jumpin' Gene Simmons - Haunted House

Jumpin' Gene Simmons - Haunted House Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Jumpin' Gene Simmons
Released: 1964

Haunted House Lyrics

Haunted House

Jumpin' Gene Simmons was the lead singer of the Bill Black Combo in the early '60s (not to be confused with the schoolteacher-turned-KISS member of the '70s, '80s, and '90s).

When Hi Records attempted to get Domingo Samudio (later better known at Sam the Sham) to re-record his "Haunted House" (he recorded it for Dingo Records), Simmons volunteered to do the job.

Simmons attributed the success of this to the overexposure of British acts on the radio. (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL)

The Seekers - Georgy Girl

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Album: Georgy Girl
Released: 1966

Georgy Girl Lyrics

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Georgy Girl

This was featured in the 1966 movie of the same name. Set in London, the film is a comedy/romance starring Lynn Redgrave.

The Seekers sang two different sets of lyrics over the credits and the titles of the movie. A different version was recorded and released as the single. (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL)

Olivia Newton-John recorded a new version of this song for the soundtrack of the 2011 movie A Few Best Men. (thanks, James - Minneapolis, MN)

Future - Rock Star

Future - Rock Star Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Not Released on An Album
Released: 2014

Rock Star Lyrics

Rock Star

This DJ Clue-produced track finds Future detailing his rise to fame, whilst Nicki Minaj jumps in to spit some swaggering bars about her skills and success.

The song didn't make Future's Honest album due to clearance issues over its interpolation of the classic melody from George Michael's 1984 hit "Careless Whisper," but later made its way onto the internet.

The Contours - Do You Love Me

The Contours - Do You Love Me Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Do You Love Me
Released: 1962

Do You Love Me Lyrics

You broke my heart 'cause I couldn't dance,
You didn't even want me around.
And now I'm back to let you know I can really shake 'em down.

Do You Love Me?
(I can really move, )
Do you love me?
(I'm in the groove.)
Now do you love me?
(Do you love me now that I can dance?)
Watch me, now.
(Work, work)
Ah,work it out baby.
(work, work)
Well, you're drivin' me crazy.
(work, work)
With just a little bit of soul, now
(work!)
Now I can mash potatoes, I can do the twist,
Tell me, baby, do you like it like this?
Tell me,
(Tell me,)
Tell me.

Do you love me?
(I can really move, )
Do you love me?
(I'm in the groove.)
Now do you love me?
(Do you love me now that I can dance?)
Watch me, now.
(Work, work)
Ah,work it out baby.
(work, work)
Well, you're drivin' me crazy.
(work, work)
With just a little bit of soul, now
(work!)
Now I can mash potatoes, I can do the twist,
Tell me, baby, do you like it like this?
Tell me,
(Tell me,)

Writer/s: GORDY JR, BERRY
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Do You Love Me

This was written by Motown president Berry Gordy Jr. He wrote it for The Temptations, but they failed to arrive for the recording session. At the same time but in a different Motown studio, The Contours arrived to record "It Must Be Love," but Gordy had other ideas. He asked them to cut "Do You Love Me" instead. The song became one of Motown's first hits, its sexy sound standing out among the much more tame offerings on the charts, which were dominated by artists like Neil Sedaka and The Four Seasons.

As for The Temptations, it was another two years before they finally had their hit ("The Way You Do The Things You Do"), but when they did, they became the premier male act on the Motown roster.

Joe Billingslea of The Contours told Mojo magazine February 2009 the story of this song: "We had just left the record hop and we turned at the studio. The doors were always open in those days. Berry was down there at the piano and he said 'I want you to try this song I'm writing.' He told us how he wanted the backgrounds to go and we sang it. 'Try it again, I didn't quite like it,' he said. After about the third time he said, 'That's not right. I think I'll give it to The Temptations instead.' I told him not to. We did it again and he said, 'That's exactly how I want it. Come in tomorrow morning, we're going to record it.' So we did.
I didn't like the song. It reminded me of 'Twist And Shout.' I said: 'This song ain't gonna do nothin', man.' That same week it was released and the following week it made the charts. I turned around and said: I love that song! Did I change my opinion? Of course! We realized later that The Temptations could never have sung that song because it wasn't suited to them but Berry had motivated us to sing it the way he wanted it."

After being featured in the 1988 movie Dirty Dancing, this was re-released 26 years after it was originally recorded. This time, it charted at #11. The song was a good fit for Dirty Dancing, which despite featuring some modern, original songs, was set in 1963. This was a great song of that era for a dance scene.

In 1963, London group Brian Poole And The Tremeloes recorded a version that topped the charts in 16 countries including the UK.

The Dave Clark Five recorded this in 1964 as the British Invasion was underway. Their rendition hit #11 in the US. On March 8, 1964, The DC5 played it on the first of their 12 appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

In his autobiography To Be Loved, recalls a confrontation with Motown's primary bass player, James Jamerson, over this song. Jamerson, who is lauded as a creator of the Motown sound, was playing a Jazz beat during the session despite Berry's instructions. "You've got to stay on the f--kin' downbeat," Berry told him, hoping he wouldn't have to kick his star bassist out of the session. When they rolled for the next take, Jamerson did as instructed, playing the Pop groove Gordy requested... until Berry took his eyes off him. "In that split second, Jamerson hit four or five Jazz upbeats in rapid succession," Gordy recalled. "I turned to let him have it, but before I could say anything he had jumped back on the downbeat so brilliantly I could only smile."

This song featured in a 2016 Pepsi commercial starring Janelle Monáe. In the spot, which debuted during the Super Bowl, Monáe dances to the song before entering another room where she goes through a time warp and joins in the celebration to Madonna's "Express Yourself."

Jhené Aiko - Spotless Mind

Jhené Aiko - Spotless Mind Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Souled Out
Released: 2014

Spotless Mind Lyrics

Change is inevitable
Why hold on to what you have to let go of?
Like, did I really break your heart?
Was it all my fault?
If you don't knock it off
You know like I know where this was headed

I'm a wanderer
I'm a wanderer, baby
I'm a wanderer
I'm a wanderer

Flying kite was nice
Turquoise trees and ocean breezes
Loving you was nice
But it's a new day, a new season
I’ve been sad inside
And he could see it, picked up your pieces
We are just alive
And alright, alright, alright

He's a wanderer
He's a wanderer, baby
He's a wanderer
He's a wanderer

I started as a love song,
24 years in the making
Moving from place to places
Never really settled down
Without a place to call home
I got so used to the changes
Moving from stranger to strangest
You should face it
I am crazy

I'm a wanderer
I'm a wanderer, baby
I'm a wanderer
I'm a wanderer

Shame on me for changing
No, no, no, shame on you for staying the same

Shame on me for changing
Shame on you for staying the same

I'm a wanderer
I'm a wanderer, baby
I'm a wanderer
I'm a wanderer

Maybe I'm just a wanderer

Writer/s: CHILOMBO, JHENE AIKO / WYREMAN, STEVE / WILSON, DION / SCHWIER, BENJAMIN F.
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUB GROUP, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Spotless Mind

First performed by Aiko during a performance in April 2014 at the Coachella festival, this smooth song was originally written by the singer in 2012. She recalled to Fader magazine: "I was on the Lauryn Hill and Nas tour, and I probably did it in 45 minutes in GarageBand. It's also very specific, a feel-good song."

"It's basically about the way I deal with relationships and how I go with the flow of things," Aiko added. "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of my favorite movies."