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Paul McCartney - Vanilla Sky

Paul McCartney - Vanilla Sky Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Vanilla Sky Soundtrack
Released: 2001

Vanilla Sky Lyrics

The chef prepares a special menu
For your delight, oh my.
Tonight you fly, so high up
In the Vanilla Sky

Your life is fine
It's sweet and sour
Unbearable great
You've got to learn
Every hour, you must appreciate.

This is your time,
This is your day.
You've got it all.
Don't blow it away.

The chef prepares a special menu
For your delight, oh my.
Tonight you fly, so high up
In the Vanilla Sky.

Melted tin beads,
Cast you fortune
In a glass of wine.

Snail or fish,
Balloon or dolphin
See your silver shine.

This is your time,
This is your day.
You've got it all,
Don't blow it away.

The chef prepares a special menu
For your delight, oh my.
Tonight you fly, so high up
In the Vanilla Sky
In the vanilla,uh, in the vanilla,oh, in the vanilla sky.
In the vanilla,ah, in the vanilla,uh, in the vanilla sky.
Mmmm in the Vanilla Sky

Writer/s: PAUL MCCARTNEY
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Vanilla Sky

Director Cameron Crowe asked Paul to do this song for his movie, Vanilla Sky. Crowe used to be a reporter for Rolling Stone magazine, and is married to Nancy Wilson from the group Heart. Music plays a big role in his movies - he used Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" in Say Anything, and based his 2000 movie Almost Famous on his experiences as a rock writer.

The lyrics were inspired by a waiter who brought a dish to McCartney's table that he hadn't ordered.

McCartney won a Golden Globe for this song. (thanks, Klasic Rok - Battle Ground, WA, for all above)

When Cameron Crowe asked McCartney to do a song for the movie, Paul at first suggested "From A Lover To A Friend" from his recent album Driving Rain. (thanks, Tommy - flower mound, TX)

This was included on McCartney's 2002 live album Back In The US, which was recorded on his 2001-2002 tour.

Faith Hill - Wild One

Faith Hill - Wild One Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Take Me As I Am
Released: 1993

Wild One Lyrics

They said change your clothes,
She said no I won't,
They said comb your hair,
She said some kids don't,
And her parents dreams went up in smoke.

They said you can't leave,
She said yes I will,
They said don't see him,
She said his name is Bill,
She's on a road and its all uphill.

She's a Wild One,
With an angel's face,
She's a woman child in a state of grace,
When she was three years old on her daddy's knee,
He said you can be anything you want to be,
She's a wild one,
Runnin' free.

She loves rock and roll,
They said it's satan's tongue,
She thinks they're too old,
They think she's too young,
And the battle lines are clearly drawn.

She's a wild one,
With an angel's face,
She's a woman child in a state of grace,
When she was three years old on her daddy's knee,
He said you can be anything you want to be,
She's a wild one,
Runnin' free.

She has future plans,
And dreams at night,
They tell her life is hard,
She says that's all right, yeah,

She's a wild one,
With an angel's face,
She's a woman child in a state of grace,
When she was three years old on her daddy's knee,
He said you can be anything you want to be,

She's a wild one,
With an angel's face,
She's a woman child in a state of grace,
When she was three years old on her daddy's knee,
He said you can be anything you want to be,
She's a wild one,
Runnin' free.

Writer/s: CHRISTIAN, ROGER/USHER, GARY L
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC, PAT BUNCH PUBLISHING
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Wild One

This was Faith Hill's debut single and her first #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Charts.

Written by Pat Bunch, Jaime Kyle and Will Rambeaux, this song was performed by two other Country bands before Faith Hill made it a hit. The first was Zaca Creek on their 1992 album Broken Heartland, then Evangeline for their 1993 album French Quarter Moon.

This song was also featured on Hill's 2007 compilation album, The Hits. The singer admitted it wasn't an easy trip down memory lane. She told AOL Music: "When I first realized I was going to be able to have a greatest hits this year, I didn't go back so far. I first started thinking, 'What songs can I put on here that I thought should have been hits?' [Laughs] For my way of thinking, I wouldn't allow myself to just pull off all the layers and go all the way back to the beginning. I turned in my list of songs for the album, and I get this phone call back: 'It's important that you revisit the beginning of your career, the songs that actually were the hits and that brought your fans to notice you in the first place.' And so I did that. I went back and I started with 'Wild One,' which was my first single and which I had not listened to in years."

Christina Aguilera - Dirrty

Christina Aguilera - Dirrty Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Stripped
Released: 2002

Dirrty Lyrics

Ah, Dirrty (dirrty)
Filthy (filthy)
Nasty, you nasty (yeah)
Too dirrty to clean my act up
If you ain't dirrty
You ain't here to party (woo!)

Ladies (move)
Gentlemen (move)
Somebody ring the alarm
A fire on the roof
Ring the alarm (and I'm throwin' elbows)
Ring the alarm (and I'm throwin' elbows)
Ring the alarm (and I'm throwin' elbows)

[Christina]
Oh, I'm overdue
Give me some room
I'm coming through
Paid my dues
In the mood
Me and my girls gonna shake the room

DJ's spinning (show your hands)
Let's get dirrty (that's my jam)
I need that, uh, to get me off
Sweat until my clothes come off

It's explosive, speakers are pumping (oh)
Still jumping, six in the morning
Table dancing, glasses are crashing
No question, time for some action

Temperature's up (can you feel it)
About to erupt
Gonna get my girls
Get your boys
Gonna make some noise

Want to get rowdy
Gonna get a little unruly
Get it fired up in a hurry
Want to get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party
Sweat dripping over my body
Dance and getting just a little naughty
Want to get dirrty
It's about time for my arrival

Ah, heat is up
Ladies, fellas
Drop your cups
Body's hot
Front to back
Now move your ass
I like that

Tight hip huggers (low for sure)
Shake a little somethin' (on the floor)
I need that, uh, to get me off
Sweat until my clothes come off

Let's get open, cause a commotion (ooh oh)
We're still going, eight in the morning
There's no stopping, we keep it popping (oh)
Hot rocking, everyone's talking

Give all you've got (give it to me)
Just hit the spot
Gonna get my girls
Get your boys
Gonna make some noise

Rowdy
Gonna get a little unruly
Get it fired up in a hurry
Want to get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party
Ooh sweat dripping over my body
Dance and getting just a little naughty
Want to get dirrty (oh, oh)
It's about time for my arrival

Here it comes, it's the one
You've been waiting on
Get up, get it rough
Yup, that's what's up
Give it just what you love
To the maximum
Uh oh, here we go (here we go)

What to do when the music
Starts to drop
That's when we take it
To the parking lot
And I bet you somebody's gonna
Call the cops
Uh oh's, here we go (here we go)

Oh oh oh, yeah yeah

Yo, hot damn, Doc and Jam like a summer show
I keep my car looking like a crash dummy drove
My gear look like the bank got my money froze
For dead presidents I pimp like Huddy roll
Doc the one that excite ya divas (ow!)
If the media shine
I'm shining with both of the sleeves up
Yo Christina (what), better hop in here
My block live and in color, like Rodman hair (yeah)
The club is packed, the bar is filled
I'm waiting for sister to act, like Lauryn Hill
Frankly, it's a rap, no bargain deals
I drive a four wheel ride with foreign wheels
Throw it up
Baby it's Brick City, you heard of that
We blessed, and hung low, like Bernie Mac (Bernie Mac)
Dogs, let 'em out, women, let 'em in
It's like I'm ODB, the way I'm freaking

Want to get rowdy (rowdy, yeah)
Gonna get a little unruly (ruly)
Get it fired up in a hurry (hurry)
Want to get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party (party)
Sweat dripping over my body (body)
Dance and getting just a little naughty
Want to get dirrty
It's about time for my arrival

Rowdy
Gonna get a little unruly
Get it fired up in a hurry
Want to get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party
Ooh sweat dripping over my body
Dance and getting just a little naughty
Want to get dirrty
It's about time for my arrival

Rowdy
Dance and getting a little unruly
Get it fired up in a hurry
Let's get dirrty
It's about time that I came to start the party
Sweat dripping over my body
Dance and getting just a little naughty
Want to get dirrty
It's about time for my arrival

Uh, what

Writer/s: STINSON, DANA / NOBLE, REGGIE / AGUILERA, CHRISTINA MARIA / MUHAMMAD, BALE'WA / CAMERON, JASPER TREMAINE
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, BUTTER JINX MUSIC, INC.
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Dirrty

The video is very raunchy and sexually explicit. It features Aguilera in some kind of underworld wearing very little clothing. In one scene, she wins a fight, and in another she dances suggestively in a shower. It created a new image for Aguilera, who suffered a breakdown before recording the album and wanted to take more control of her career. She was 21 when this was released.

Shortly after the video came out, Tina Fey said on Saturday Night Live that it "Gave her television genital warts."

In the boxing ring scene of the video, there are posters promoting the sex industry in Thailand. Written in Thai, they read, "Thailand's Sex Tourism" and "Young Underage Girls." The Thai TV stations banned the video and the government asked for an apology, which they got from the video's director, David LaChapelle, who claimed he had no idea what the posters said and had no intention of offending the people of Thailand.

The extra "R" in the title is intentional. Nelly did the same thing earlier in the year on his hit "Hot In Herre" and the rapper Chingy did it in 2003 on "Right Thurr." The bonus letter is supposed to emphasize the title, not just screw up our spell-checker.

This was the first single from Aguilera's sophomore album. Her first album was released in 1999 and sold over 8 million copies.

Redman does the rap in this song.

The song didn't get a lot of radio play, but the video did very well. It was #1 on MTV's Total Request Live, and most likely responsible for sending more than one adolescent directly through puberty.

Alt-J - Left Hand Free

Alt-J - Left Hand Free Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: This Is All Yours
Released: 2014

Left Hand Free Lyrics

Hey shady baby I'm hot
Like the prodigal son
Pick a battle eenie meenie miney moe
Hey flower you're the chosen one

Well your left hand's free
And your right's in grip
With another left hand
Watch his right hand slip
Towards his gun, oh no

I tackle weeds just so the moon buggers nibble
A right hand grip on his Colt single-action army

Well your left hand's free
And your right's in grip
With another left hand
Watch his right hand slip
Towards his gun, oh no

N-E-O, O-M-G, gee whiz
Girl you're the one for me
Though your man's bigger than I am
All my days he disagrees, oh no

Well my left hand's free
Well my left hand's free
Well my left hand's free

Hey shady baby I'm hot
Like the prodigal son
Pick a battle eenie meenie miney moe
Hey flower you're the chosen one

Well your left hand's free
Well my left hand's free
Well my left hand's free
Well my left hand's free
Well my left hand's free
Oh no

Writer/s: JOE NEWMAN, AUGUSTUS UNGER HAMILTON, THOMAS GREEN
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Left Hand Free

Speaking about this tune to The Guardian the band called it "the least Alt-J song ever." They wrote the cut to appease their American label who didn't think the lead track "Hunger Of The Pine" was a "big single."

The song was written in twenty minutes and is based around a "joke riff" that vocalist and guitarist Joe Newman had been playing in rehearsals.

Drummer Thom Green said: "I tried to make the drums as cliched as possible, there's none of my personality in it."

Newman added: "And I say, 'Gee whizz', which I'm not sure is a phrase I've ever uttered before. I can imagine it appealing to American truckers with Good Riddance To Bin Laden stickers!"

The song was released to United States modern rock radio on July 15, 2014 as the second single from This Is All Yours.

The song's music video was filmed along the Guadalupe River near Austin, Texas, by director Ryan Staake, who's also helmed clips for Diplo, Robyn and Major Lazer. The clip shows some college-aged kids having fun shooting off fireworks, river rafting and riding ATVs during their summer break.

Despite the song's almost-clichéd rock sound and tongue-in-cheek video, Joe Newman insisted to DIY magazine it wasn't their intention to subvert anything. Instead, it was something they came up with spontaneously. "We really just go with what feels right when we're playing together," he asserted.

"'Left Hand Free' was a leap into a completely different world for us, but we were enjoying it, so we kept doing it, we thought it was funny, we thought we could play characters," Newman added. "That's what we do with all of our music, we do it because it sounds good."

NOFX - The Decline

NOFX - The Decline Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: The Decline
Released: 1999

The Decline Lyrics

The Decline

This song is about social decline in American society. (thanks, Zachary - Charlotte, NC)

It is rumored that NOFX did to Pink Floyd's movie The Wall what Pink Floyd did to The Wizard of Oz. On the front of NOFX's CD The Decline, there is a young boy holding a plane. In the movie The Wall, a young boy holding a plane appears in the movie about 16 minutes in. Coincidence? You can try it yourself (there are a few more coincidences, such as a gun when he's singing about a gun, explosions on beat...), all you have to do is play the movie, and at the Lion's second roar start the song. Nothing will happen for a few minutes, but just wait, it is kind of cool. What I thought was the best is when the song gets slower, and the film changes to a mellow scene for the exact amount of time. When the movie gets full of action, and explosions, the music picks up.

There is a drug reference to marijuana around the time 4:20. (thanks, Paul - Pittsburgh, PA, for above 2)

A "dime" is a dimebag of marijuana, which is worth more in Detroit because they have a stricter marijuana policy, where, in California, it's only a $20 fine. (thanks, Matt - Smithville, TN)

In the song they reference "Serotonin's gone," which is a chemical in the body that is believed to be a contributor to well being and happiness. This may tie in to the lyric "One more pill to kill the pain," in which SSRIs (antidepressants) adjust the serotonin levels in the body. (thanks, Taylor - Norristown, PA)

Keira Knightley - Like A Fool

Keira Knightley - Like A Fool Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Begin Again
Released: 2014

Like A Fool Lyrics

We take a chance from time to time
And put our necks out on the line
And you have broken every promise that we made
And I have loved you anyway

Took a fine time to leave me hangin' out to dry
Understand now I'm greivin'
So don't you waste my time
'Cause you have taken
All the wind out from my sails
And I have loved you just the same

We finally find this
then you're gone
Been chasin' rainbows all along
And you have cursed me
When there's no one left to blame
And I have loved you just the same

And you have broken every single fucking rule
And I have loved you Like A Fool

Writer/s: JOHN CARNEY
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Like A Fool

This is one of the songs that Keira Knightley sings in the movie Begin Again. She plays Greta, a singer-songwriter who decamps for New York with her boyfriend when he lands a deal with a major label. "The songs weren't finished until two days before I had to record them in the studio. I had singing lessons and sang lots of scales to figure out what my range was and to strengthen my voice," she told The Express.

"Greta's not meant to like performing so that was quite helpful, it was part of the character, which was good because, with nerves, you generally just have to get rid of them because that's what your job is as an actor."

Alice in Chains - Down In A Hole

Alice in Chains - Down In A Hole Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Dirt
Released: 1992

Down In A Hole Lyrics

Bury me softly in this womb
I give this part of me for you
Sand rains down and here I sit
Holding rare flowers
In a tomb, in bloom

Down In A Hole and I don't know if I can be saved
See my heart I decorate it like a grave
You don't understand who they
Thought I was supposed to be
Look at me now a man
Who won't let himself be

Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, losin' my soul
I'd like to fly,
But my wings have been so denied

Down in a hole and they've put all
The stones in their place
I've eaten the sun so my tongue
Has been burned of the taste
I have been guilty
Of kicking myself in the teeth
I will speak no more
Of my feelings beneath

Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, losin' my soul
I'd like to fly but my
Wings have been so denied

Bury me softly in this womb
Oh I want to be inside of you
I give this part of me for you
Oh I want to be inside of you
Sand rains down and here I sit
Holding rare flowers
(Oh I want to be inside of you)
In a tomb, in bloom
Oh I want to be inside

Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, losin' my soul
Down in a hole, feelin' so small
Down in a hole, outta control
I'd like to fly but my
Wings have been so denied

Writer/s: JERRY CANTRELL
Publisher: FINTAGE PUB & COLLECTION B.V.
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Down In A Hole

Guitarist Jerry Cantrell wrote this about the love of his life, Courtney Clarke. This song encompasses all of the insecurities and self-doubt inherent in a relationship.

With singer Layne Staley singing the lyrics, this could be seen as a foreshadowing of his death from a drug overdose. He had been fighting his addiction for years, and this song can be read as part of his struggle with that. (thanks Live Freak - Beirut, Lebanon)

This was released as a single with "Rooster," another song similar to it in style, in that they both feature harmonizing between Staley and Cantrell - the softer acoustic side of the band.

On most versions of the album, this is 4th on the track list. However, there are some versions on which it appears 12th, right before the album closer "Would?"

A version of this also appears on the Unplugged album that was recorded and released in 1996, after Alice In Chains' 3 year absence from live performances.

Colt Ford - Farm Life

Colt Ford - Farm Life Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Thanks For Listening
Released: 2014

Farm Life Lyrics

Yeah, you know I came up in a small town
Couple trees and a creek we could float down
Ain't much to see when you look around, just farms for miles
And you can find me ridin' round on some 33's
Cocked back kickin' dirt on my John D's
International harvestin' us some whole wheat
Yeah let's take a ride

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Just livin' the Farm Life, yeah we're livin' the farm life
A little back road swagger that's how we roll
We plow it and we plant it and we drive it real slow
In the farm life, just livin' the farm life

We're waking up in the more before the sun does
Feed the cows and the chickens and the ducky ducks
Ain't got a lot but we got enough
Yeah, you know it's all about
Touchin' dirt with your bare hands
Fix it up taking care of your family
Wife it up become a family man
Ooh, just settle down

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Just livin' the farm life, yeah we're livin' the farm life
It's county line simple don't complicate it,
Big city living no it's over rated
In the farm life, yeah livin' the farm life

Drink some shine get a little sauced
Get your girl, kick it back, kick your boots off
Maybe wake up in somebody's hay loft
Hehe, if you know what I mean (I do)
We could park out there on the tail gate
Talk about nothing till the day breaks
Amarillo By Morning by George Strait
Yeah, we got it on repeat!

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Just livin' the farm life, yeah we're livin' the farm life
Out here we know how to treat a girl right
Take her by the hand and love her all night
In the farm life, just livin' the farm life

Ohhh yeahhhhh!!!
Come on, come on, come on
Yeah we're living the farm life

Writer/s: CAVER, BENJAMIN CURTIS / BOLLINGER, WILLIAM BLAKE / DUNN, CLARE
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Farm Life

This song finds Colt Ford duetting with Justin Moore. Ford told Billboard magazine he'd wanted to collaborate with the country star for a long time. "I think Justin Moore is the most underrated country singer in our genre, to be honest with you," he said. "He's one of the best out there. He and I have been friends for a while. We've been trying to do a song for the past two or three records, but just haven't found the right one. I think that one has a great melody, and it's perfect for us to do something about the farm."

This is one of the few songs on Thanks For Listening that Ford didn't write. It was composed by Clare Dunn, Blake Bollinger and Benjamin Caver. Dunn has performed as an opening act for Colt Ford.

In our interview with Colt Ford , he explained that growing up in Georgia, he could certainly relate to this song. "I know a lot about farm life," he said. "My dad grew up on a farm, and I grew up picking cotton and stuff. So I know that life, and I've spent a lot of time out there."

Jewel - What's Simple Is True

Jewel - What's Simple Is True Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Spirit
Released: 1998

What's Simple Is True Lyrics

You turn to me with frozen lips
Your hands are icy cold
Your eyes burn bright against the frost-bit sky
You never seemed more lovely than you do tonight

Pale on the horizon
Like leaves frozen in the snow
Our two shadows merge inseparably
Will time stand still if it's pierced with cold

The more I live
The more I know
What's Simple Is True
I love you

There's a warmth in my heart
It haunts me when you're gone
Mend me to your side and never let go
Say time knows nothing, we'll never grow cold

The more I live
The more I know
What's simple is true
I love you

Twilight descends on our silhouette
How soon spring comes
How soon spring forgets
I wanna hold time, say it'll never begin

Old man winter be our friend
Old man winter be our friend
Cause the more I live
The more I know what's simple is true
What's simple is true

Writer/s: KILCHER, JEWEL
Publisher: EMI Music Publishing, DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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What's Simple Is True

This was featured in Jewel's first movie, Ride With the Devil, which also starred Tobey Maguire and Skeet Ulrich. It was included on the soundtrack as well as her album Spirit. (thanks, Shawn - Loganville, GA)

David Gray - Mutineers

David Gray - Mutineers Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Mutineers
Released: 2014

Mutineers Lyrics

You know the way it is
These thoughts are Mutineers
Trying to shake the monkey off my back
So beat the island drum
And steady as she come
And all the stores are closing for the lack
To drink the damn place dry
Only plan of attack
And babe
Sure feels good
Sure feels good
This moving close
This moving close
Sure feels good babe

And hey
What could they know
What could they know
'Bout what we have
Yeah what we have
What could they know babe?

The early warning signs
All lit up in my mind
It’s true you know
Some things weren’t meant to be
Until your secret’s out
It’s your worst enemy

And babe
Sure feels good
Sure feels good
This moving close
This moving close
Sure feels good babe

And hey
What could they know
What could they know
'Bout what we have
Yeah what we have
What could they know babe?

Time is ours to burn
Is ours to burn
We got that glide
That freewheel glide
It’s ours to burn babe

Oh babe
Sure feels good
Sure feels good
This moving close
This moving close
Sure feels good babe, ooo

Kick off your shoes babe and move

Writer/s: ANDREW BARLOW, DAVID GRAY
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Mutineers

This is the title track of David Gray's Mutineers album. His collaborator and producer on the record was Andy Barlow, who is best known as one one half of Lamb, the British Electronica band of the '90s.

"His brief was – don't let me make the same record I've made before, take me out of my comfort zone," said Gray. "And he's a very gentle kind of guy, but courageous. He really took me on creatively in a way that no one else has ever done. So I thought, yeah, this is going to work, but it was a tortured process because I found it so hard to take at times that he would tear up bits of my work in front of my eyes!"

Jewel - Till We Run Out Of Road

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Jewel - Till We Run Out Of Road Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: This Way
Released: 2001

Till We Run Out Of Road Lyrics

Till We Run Out Of Road

Jewel wrote this with help from her boyfriend Ty Murray (they would get married in 2008 and divorce in 2014), who is a rodeo champion. The song describes the feeling of detachment that Murray's lifestyle entailed: he was constantly on the road and away from loved ones. This is a sentiment Jewel could relate to as well, as she had to give up some important aspects of her life when she became famous.

Ty Murray is credited as a songwriter on this track along with Jewel. She said that he came up with all the curse words and the line about beer.

The line, "The other day I talk to Lou, he quit back in '92," is about Lewis Field, a professional Bareback Rider in the PRCA circuit. (thanks, Mandi - Mesa, AZ)

David Gray - Gulls

David Gray - Gulls Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Mutineers
Released: 2014

Gulls Lyrics

This land belongs to the Gulls
And the gulls to their cry
And their cry to the wind

And the wind belongs to no-one
The wind belongs to no-one

I gave my breath to the song
To the song, wasn't mine
Neither of ship nor of sea
Neither of glass nor of wine

Leaving this ghost of a road
I'm climbing hand over hand
Toward that pinprick of light

Toward the seed that God sowed
Toward the seed that God sowed
Toward the seed that God sowed
Toward the seed that God sowed

Toward the seed that God sowed
Toward the seed that God sowed
Toward the seed that God sowed
Toward the seed that God sowed

Oh baby
Try to recognise it in my mind
Try to stamp it out before it happens
I try to recognise it in my mind
Try to stamp it out

The writing's on, the writing's on
The writing's on the wall
The writing's on, the writing's on
The writing's on the wall

The writing's on, the writing's on
The writing's on the wall
The writing's on, the writing's on
The writing's on the wall

The writing's on, the writing's on
The writing's on the wall
The writing's on, the writing's on
The writing's on the wall

The writing's on, the writing's on
The writing's on the wall
The writing's on, the writing's on the wall

This land belongs to the gulls
And the gulls to their cry
And their cry to the wind
And their cry to the wind
And their cry to the wind

Writer/s: DAVID GRAY
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Gulls

This windswept album closer sums up Gray's approach to songwriting. "There's a yearning for removal from earthly stuff, you are in music, and gone," he told The Daily Telegraph. "That's how it feels to me, music is the land of the gulls, and the wind that blows through it is nobody's, you can't take ownership of it, it's just there, you have to surrender to it."

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David Gray first came up with this song after coming off the road in 2011. "I sat down at the piano," he recalled to Artist Direct . "I started to get into some somber, moody chords. They sounded interesting. I started sketching a lyric. I said, "I don't want to make this dingy middle age music that vaguely moans about being alive. I want to be saying, 'Hallelujah' in a different way!"

Gray decided to approach Mutineers in a different way and began to work back from words into music. "It's the wrong way around for me," he said. "Usually, I go from the melody and rhythm into lyrics. In doing so, I had some interesting success. Then, I began to use other people's words."

This song came from a Belgian poem by Herman de Coninck called Just As This Island Belongs to the Gulls ."I took it downstairs, simplified it, and found a chord sequence that began to walk," Gray said. "I started to write. When I wrote the first line, it really got my attention. It was the s--t I was after. I was finding something new, and it was a major shard of light coming through."

Herman de Coninck (1944 - 1997) was the editor of the popular Belgian weekly radio and television magazine HUMO between 1970-83. His first volume of poetry, De Lenige Liefde, appeared in 1969, and became the best-selling volume of 20th-century Flemish poetry, winning several literary prizes. Just As This Island Belongs to the Gulls was translated into English by Laure-Anne Bosselaar and Kurt Brown in 2006.