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Boney M. - Rasputin

Boney M. - Rasputin Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Nightflight To Venus
Released: 1978

Rasputin Lyrics

There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the bible like a preacher
Full of ecstasy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire

Ra ra Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
Ra ra Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on

He ruled the Russian land and never mind the czar
But the cassock he danced really wunderbar
In all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze
For the queen he was no wheeler dealer
Though she'd heard the things he'd done
She believed he was a holy healer
Who would heal her son

Ra ra Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
Ra ra Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on

But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger
For power became known to more and more people
The demands to do something about this outrageous
Man became louder and louder

This man's just got to go, declared his enemies
But the ladies begged, don't you try to do it, please
No doubt this Rasputin had lots of hidden charms
Though he was a brute they just fell into his arms
Then one night some men of higher standing
Set a trap, they're not to blame
Come to visit us they kept demanding
And he really came

Ra ra Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen
They put some poison into his wine
Ra ra Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
He drank it all and said, I feel fine

Ra ra Rasputin
Lover of the Russian queen
They didn't quit, they wanted his head
Ra ra Rasputin
Russia's greatest love machine
And so they shot him 'til he was dead

Oh, those Russians

Writer/s: JAY, FRED / REYAM, GEORGE / FARIAN, FRANK
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Rasputin

Rasputin was a Russian monk who had a vision of the Virgin Mary. As a result he began to wander the country visiting monasteries and religious sects. He preached the best way to get close to God was to sin and then repent. The adulterous monk, (his surname was a derivation of the adjective "rasputny" meaning "loose living"), had remarkable healing abilities. Rasputin adhered himself to the Russian Czar Nicholas and his wife by his healing of the hemophiliac Alexei. He appeared to have the gift of healing their sick son every time he began to hemorrhage. Upset at his increasing influence over the Russian royal family, several Russian nobles poisoned and beat him in the basement of Yusopov Palace then shot him several times. The monk refused to die so finally he was drowned by his enemies in the canals of St Petersburg.

Boney M. was the brainchild of German record producer Frank Farian, and they became one of Eurodisco's most successful acts. The group was composed of four singers all of West Indian origin: Marcia Barrett, Bobby Farrell, Liz Mitchell and Massie Williams. Farian later repeated formula with Milli Vanilli and Far Corporation. Their double sided single "Rivers Of Babylon/Brown Girl in The Ring" is one of only 5 singles to have sold over 2 million copies in the UK and is the biggest selling record by a black act there.

The textured rhythm was created by a balalaika, which is a 3-stringed, triangular, Russian instrument. (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England, for all above)

Boney M Frontman Bobby Farrell passed away at the age of 61 on December 29, 2010 in a hotel room in St Petersburg, Russia, a few hours after performing in the city. Coincidentally, Rasputin also died back in 1916 on December 29th in St Petersburg.

Drive-By Truckers - Outfit

Drive-By Truckers - Outfit Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Decoration Day
Released: 2003

Outfit Lyrics

You want to grow up to paint houses like me
A trailer in my yard till you're twenty three
You want to be old after forty two years
Keep dropping the hammer and grinding the gears

Well, I used to go out in a Mustang, a 302 Mach One in green
Me and your Mama made you in the back and I sold it to buy her a ring
And I learned not to say much of nothing so I figured you already know
But in case you don't or maybe forgot, I'll lay it out real nice and slow

Don't call what your wearing an Outfit, don't ever say your car is broke
Don't worry about losing your accent, a southern man tells better jokes
Have fun, stay clear of the needle, call home on your sister's birthday
Don't tell them you're bigger than Jesus, don't give it away

Five years in a St. Florian foundry, they call it Industrial Park
Then hospital maintenance and tech school just to memorize Frigidaire parts
But I got to missing your Mama and I got to missing you too
And I went back to painting for my old man and I guess that's what I'll always do

So don't try to change who you are boy, and don't try to be who you ain't
And don't let me catch you in Kendale with a bucket of wealthy-man's paint

Don't call what your wearing an outfit, don't ever say your car is broke
Don't sing with a fake British accent, don't act like your family's a joke
Have fun, but stay clear of the needle, call home on your sister's birthday
Don't tell them you're bigger than Jesus, Don't give it away

Don't give it away

Writer/s: Isbell, Jason
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Outfit

Penned by Truckers' guitarist Jason Isbell, this song describes the advice given to him by his own father, including such gems as, "Don't call what you're wearing an outfit." Isbell told Uncut magazine (February 2014): "A lot of these are direct quotes, or references to things which was strange pet peeves of his when I was a kid – the chorus especially, I was trying to show what kind of person he was. When I was born my dad was 19, my mother was 17, and 34 now, and I'm barely scratching the surface of figuring out how to be a grown-up. After I wrote it I played it for him, sure did. He's a bighearted guy, he got up bit of a tear."

Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops

Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Lonely Teardrops
Released: 1959

Lonely Teardrops Lyrics

My heart is crying, crying Lonely Teardrops
My pillow's never dry of lonely teardrops
Come home, come ho-o-o-o-o-ome
Just say you will (say you will)
Sa-ay you will (say you will)
Hey-ah-hey (say you will)

My heart is crying, crying lonely teardrops
My pillow's never dry of lonely teardrops
Come home, come ho-o-o-o-o-ome
Just say you will, say you-ou-ou wi-ill (say you will)
Sa-ay you will (say you will)
Hey-ah-hey (say you will)

Just give me a-a-a-nother chance for our romance
Come on and tell me that one day you'll retu-you-urn
Cause every day that you've been gone away
You'll know-a my heart does nothing but bu-you-urn

Crying lonely teardrops
My pillow's never dry of lonely teardrops
Come home, come ho-o-o-o-o-ome
Just say you will, say you wi-ill (say you will)
Sa-ay you will (say you will)
Hey-ah-hey (say you will)

Say it right now, baby (say you will)
Come on, come on (say you will)
Say it, darlin' (say you will)
Say it right now, baby (say you will)

Writer/s: GORDY, BERRY JR/FUQUA, GWENDOLYN GORDY/CARLO, TYRAN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Lonely Teardrops

This was written by the Detroit songwriting team who wrote Wilson's first several hits - the duo of Tyran Carlo (the pen name of Wilson's cousin Roquel Davis) and a pre-Motown Berry Gordy Jr. They co-wrote eight other songs for Wilson. At the time, Gordy was a struggling songwriter, but this song - his first Top-10 hit as a songwriter - gave him the confidence to rent a building in Detroit and start the Tamla label, which would become Motown.

Many artists have covered this, including Jose Feliciano, teen idol pop singer Brian Hyland and Michael Jackson.

This was one of the 9 songs on which Berry Gordy, Jr. used the royalties to open up the Hitsville USA Studios, which soon became the home of the Motown artists.

This was a #1 R&B hit and Wilson's first song to reach the Top 10 on the US pop charts. It become one of his signature songs. (thanks, Jerro - New Alexandria, PA, for above 2)

In September 1975, while performing at the Latin Casino in New Jersey, Wilson collapsed from a heart attack and a stroke right in the middle of this song. He never recovered and remained in a coma for eight more years; he was hospitalized until his death on January 21, 1984 (age 49). In tragic irony, the last words he sung before collapsing were "My heart is crying." The audience at first thought that his fall was part of the act and they started applauding and cheering. It became evident that something was wrong when about half a minute later, he hadn't moved. The excitement instantly turned into confusion and shock as attempts to revive Jackie on the stage were to no avail. (thanks, Denny - Pittsburgh, PA)

Jason Isbell - Dress Blues

Jason Isbell - Dress Blues Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Sirens of the Ditch
Released: 2007

Dress Blues Lyrics

What can you see from your window?
I can't see anythin' from mine
Flags on the side of the highway
And scripture on grocery store signs

Maybe eighteen was too early
Maybe thirty or forty is too
Did you get your chance to make peace with the man
Before He sent down his angels for you?

Mamas and grand mamas love you
'Cause that's all they know how to do
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
Or sleepin' in your Dress Blues

Your wife said this all would be funny
When you got back home in a week
Turn twenty two and we'd celebrate you
In a bar or a tent by the creek

Your baby would just about be here
And your very last tour would be up
But you won't be back, they're all dressin' in black
Drinkin' sweet tea in Styrofoam cups

Mamas and grand mamas love you
American boys hate to lose
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
Or sleepin' in your dress blues

The high school gymnasium's ready
Full of flowers and old Legionnaires
Nobody showed up to protest
Just sniffle and stare

There's red, white and blue in the rafters
And there's silent old men from the Corps
What did they say when they shipped you away
To fight somebody's Hollywood war?

Nobody here could forget you
You showed us what we had to lose
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
Or sleepin' in your dress blues
You never planned on the bombs in the sand
Or sleepin' in your dress blues

Writer/s: Isbell, Jason
Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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Dress Blues

This song was inspired by the death of Isbell's school colleague, Corporal Matthew Conley, a US Marine who was killed in the Iraq War. Isbell told Uncut magazine (February 2014) : "I knew Matt Conley not very well, he was a few years younger. I was coming off a tour with the (Drive-By) Truckers, and I called my mom and she told me about his funeral, which she'd attended that day, and when I got home I wrote 'Dress Blues' in a time it takes to write it down on a piece of paper. I already had the chord progression from a song I've been working on about Mickey Rooney, of all things. The song just fit that tune."

Glen Campbell - Guess I'm Dumb

Glen Campbell - Guess I'm Dumb Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Still I Dream of You: Rare Works of Brian Wilson
Released: 1965

Guess I'm Dumb Lyrics

The way I act don't seem like me
I'm not on top like I used to be
I'll give in when I know I should be strong
I still give in even though I know it's wrong, know it's wrong
I Guess I'm Dumb but I don't care

And breaking off wasn't hard to do
But I couldn't stay away from you
I feel love but not the way I did before
This time girl, has got to be forever more, ever more
I guess I'm dumb but I don't care

And baby since we've been apart
Maybe I've found I had a heart
I couldn't let go even if I wanted to
You must know baby now it's only you, only you
I guess I'm dumb but I don't care

Guess I'm dumb
Guess I'm dumb

Writer/s: BRIAN WILSON, RUSS TITELMAN
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Guess I'm Dumb

Brian Wilson give this to Campbell as a "present" for his help in filling in for Wilson during live Beach Boys performances. It was Brian's most ambitious production to date and marks another step on the road to Pet Sounds.

The Honeys sang backup. The Honeys were comprised of Brian Wilson's wife Marilyn and her sister Diane Rovell.

This song was originally considered as a Beach Boys track on their Today! album.

The lyrics were written by Russ Titelman, who has worked as a producer with Buffalo Springfield, Paul Simon and James Taylor. (thanks, John Jennings - Omaha, NE, for all above)

Brian Wilson recycled part of the melody of this near the end of the song "Had To Phone Ya." (thanks, Sean - Chicago, IL)

Jennifer Hudson - I Can't Describe (The Way I Feel)

Jennifer Hudson - I Can't Describe (The Way I Feel) Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: JHUD
Released: 2013

I Can't Describe (The Way I Feel) Lyrics

I can't describe (the way I feel, the way I feel)
All of my heart (the way I feel, the way I feel)
I just can't put in words what I feel for you (the way I feel, the way I feel)
It feels so good it hurts, what you do (the way I feel, the way I feel)

I feel like I'm in love
That is nice but not good enough
I feel like saying something that's for us, that defines what's in our hearts
Dancing and we play around, you know you got me
And dancing feels like raining down all over my body
It tingles here, tingles there, ooh it tingles everywhere
That's why I never found the words to describe

I can't describe (the way I feel, the way I feel)
All of my heart (the way I feel, the way I feel)
I just can't put in words what I feel for you (the way I feel, the way I feel)
It feels so good it hurts, what you do (the way I feel, the way I feel)

This feels right, just staying up
And you don't describe when it's not
I can feel my happy thumping from your touch
In my life you're my love

Dancing and we play around, you know you got me
And dancing feels like raining down all over my body
It tingles here, tingles there, ooh it tingles everywhere
That's why I never found the words to describe

I can't describe (the way I feel, the way I feel)
All of my heart (the way I feel, the way I feel)
I just can't put in words what I feel for you (the way I feel, the way I feel)
It feels so good it hurts, what you do (the way I feel, the way I feel)

In the money, hopefully you tell me what we've both done
Right, right now, think about it later, boy just love me now

Come on Shawty, you already know 'bout me
In the summer Barcelona, Monaco I be
Kickin' flave on the gold coast, doing the most
We poppin' gold bottles, twenty thousand toes
I’m sending beezy up, they can take a walk on the moon
My wife’s got it showing in the middle of June
And we can kick it on the water when it’s out in the street
On the yacht, so it’ never free (getting money)
I’ll let you get to play a card, if you play you’re right
Make you shine on sight in the day or night
I could never be a bad I just say I be
But I could be good if the wood be good
In the drop top, park downtown, getting to it
Let you have it like a true dope boy should
The neighbors all here, you wanna do something to it
'Cause we work 'em all up, wake up to the mall up

I can't describe (the way I feel, the way I feel)
All of my heart (the way I feel, the way I feel)
I just can't put in words what I feel for you (the way I feel, the way I feel)
It feels so good it hurts, what you do (the way I feel, the way I feel)

Dancing and we play around, you know you got me
And dancing feels like raining down all over my body
It tingles here, tingles there, ooh it tingles everywhere
That's why I never found the words to describe

I can't describe (the way I feel, the way I feel)
All of my heart (the way I feel, the way I feel)
I just can't put in words what I feel for you (the way I feel, the way I feel)
It feels so good it hurts, what you do (the way I feel, the way I feel)

I can't describe (the way I feel, the way I feel)

Writer/s: PHARRELL WILLIAMS, CLIFFORD J HARRIS
Publisher: EMI Music Publishing
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I Can't Describe (The Way I Feel)

This 1970s-inspired dance ballad is an uptempo track that features a verse by Atlanta rapper T.I. Hudson said to MTV News of the cut, "You listen to it and it'll make you happy!"

Pharrell Williams wrote and produced the song. "Working with a visionary like Pharrell was a really special experience for me," said Hudson, "He is one of the most talented musicians of our time, and I couldn't be more proud of what we did together. I'm so thrilled to be sharing this song with everyone. For me, it's all about making people feel good, and showing them who I am as an artist. I make music to feed the soul, and I think this song will do that for a lot of people."

The song was released as the first single from JHUD. The album title references Hudson's nickname, which people have been using for a while. The songstress told Billboard magazine she's liked her moniker from the beginning. "The first time I heard of it was when I was on American Idol, and apparently a radio DJ in Chicago gave me this nickname," Hudson said. "Ever since everybody's been calling me JHud. No one calls me Jennifer Hudson anymore. I grew up being called Jenny Kate, so this is like the world's version of Jenny Kate."

Jennifer Hudson performed this at the 2013 Soul Train Awards , when she was joined by late '70s disco queens Evelyn King and Chaka Khan (as well as T.I.).

The Beach Boys - Never Learn Not To Love

The Beach Boys - Never Learn Not To Love Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: 20/20
Released: 1969

Never Learn Not To Love Lyrics

Never Learn Not To Love

This song was originally written by Charles Manson and titled "Cease To Exist." Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson made some minor lyrical changes to it, which supposedly upset Manson greatly.

The opening sound was achieved by playing a cymbal backwards. (thanks, John Jennings - Omaha, NE, for above 2)

Mogwai - I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead

Mogwai - I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Hawk is Howling
Released: 2008

I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead Lyrics

I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead

Guitarist John Cummings told Uncut magazine: "'I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead' was a concerted attempt to come up with a song title that mentioned Jim Morrison without being to base. 'Jim Morrison, American Prick' was a phrase we'd enjoyed, although it hadn't been assigned to any piece of music, but we thought it was too childish. And as no need to be so vulgar."

This was one of several new compositions that were debuted at a Mogwai show for the Triptych Festival at Tramway in Glasgow, Scotland in April 2008.

The Beach Boys - Busy Doin' Nothin'

The Beach Boys - Busy Doin' Nothin' Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Friends
Released: 1968

Busy Doin' Nothin' Lyrics

I had to fix a lot of things this morning
'Cause they were so scrambled
But now it's okay
I tell you I've got enough to do

The afternoon was filled up with phone calls
What a hot sticky day, yeah yeah yeah
The air is cooling down

Take all the time you need
It's a lovely night
If you decide to come
You're gonna do it right

Drive for a couple miles
You'll see a sign and turn left
For a couple blocks
Next is mine, you'll turn left on a little road
It's a bumpy one

You'll see a white fence
Move the gate and drive through on the left side
Come right in
And you'll find me in my house somewhere
Keeping busy while I wait

I get a lot of thoughts in the morning
I write 'em all down
If it wasn't for that
I'd forget 'em in a while

And lately I've been thinking 'bout a good friend
I'd like to see more of, yeah yeah yeah
I think I'll make a call

I wrote a number down
But I lost it
So I searched through my pocket book
I couldn't find it
So I sat and concentrated on the number
And slowly it came to me
So I dialed it

And I let it ring a few times
There was no answer
So I let it ring a little more
Still no answer

So I hung up the telephone
Got some paper and sharpened up a pencil
And wrote a letter to my friend

Writer/s: WILSON, BRIAN DOUGLAS
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Busy Doin' Nothin'

Brian Wilson gives directions to his Bel-Air house in this song, though you would have to know where to start. (thanks, John Jennings - Omaha, NE)

Mogwai - George Square Thatcher Death Party

Mogwai - George Square Thatcher Death Party Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Released: 2011

George Square Thatcher Death Party Lyrics

George Square Thatcher Death Party

Mogwai upset some of their fans with Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will by including some surprisingly poppy tunes. Bassist Dominic Aitchison told Uncut magazine February 2014: "I have absolutely no idea where these upbeat songs came from, but again, we don't really know the direction a record's taking until it's nearly done. I definitely raised my eyebrows when I first heard ' George Square Thatcher Death Party' because I thought it was too straight ahead and not like us, but it was fun to play and it sat well when we were sequencing the album. A lot of the long-term Mogwai fans absolutely hate that tune."

Modest Mouse - Karma Payment Plan

Modest Mouse - Karma Payment Plan Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: The Fruit That Ate Itself
Released: 1997

Karma Payment Plan Lyrics

Karma Payment Plan

This song is about a man who makes a drug run to Los Angeles. He is delayed, and his car breaks down halfway there. He is picked up by a man on speed, but gets away. When he reaches LA, he gets "jacked in a really bad way." This song was most likely written while lead singer Isaac Brock was still on drugs. (thanks, Andrew - Abyss, PA)

Within Temptation - Whole World Is Watching

Within Temptation - Whole World Is Watching Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Hydra
Released: 2014

Whole World Is Watching Lyrics

You live your life. You go day by day like nothing can go wrong.
The scars are made, they're changing the game. You learn to play it hard.

And I know you wish for more, and I know you try.
And now you realize, you know the time is right.

The Whole World Is Watching when you rise.
The whole world is beating for you right now.
Your whole life is flashing 'fore your eyes.
It's all in this moment that changes all.

What are you waiting for?
What are you fighting for?
'Cause time's always slipping away.
The whole world is watching.
The whole world is watching you when you rise.

You build your walls then break them away 'cause that is what it takes.
You saved yourself. You found who you are. That never goes away.

And I know you wish for more, and I know you try.
And now you realize, you know the time is right.

The whole world is watching when you rise.
The whole world is beating for you right now.
Your whole life is flashing 'fore your eyes.
It's all in this moment that changes all.

What are you waiting for?
What are you fighting for?
'Cause time's always slipping away.
The whole world is watching.
Yeah, the whole world is watching you when you rise.

Your sacrifice comes through your mind, but nothing is wasted. You made it now.
You rise again, breaking out. Each step you've taken, you've paid the price

The whole world is watching.

The whole world is watching.
Yeah, the whole world is watching you when you rise.

What are you waiting for?
What are you fighting for?
'Cause time's always slipping away.
The whole world is watching.
Yeah, the whole world is watching you when you rise.

Writer/s: WESTERHOLT, ROBERT / DEN ADEL, SHARON / GIBSON, DANIEL
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUB GROUP, DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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Whole World Is Watching

Lyrically the song is about empowerment and overcoming obstacles, which are themes that carry through Hydra. In our interview with lead singer Sharon den Adel , she explained: "Sometimes when you finally get back from the setback in your life, the thing that has given you certain problems, you feel like everybody who was informed about the problem that you had - maybe it could be a physical problem or a disease or you've been struggling with a certain kind of thing - everybody who knows it is watching and mentally supporting you while you're reaching that moment that you stand up and you get over that problem.

That's a very positive feeling, a feeling of empowerment, like everybody is watching you while you're getting to this finish line. You finally ran that marathon and you finally reached the finish line. That's what the song is about. That's the feeling that we wanted to grasp. If you had something to battle for, something you've been working so hard for, it is the song when you come back and when you finally made that moment come true."

This track features Soul Asylum singer Dave Pirner. "In the beginning when we wrote the song, it was really a Soul Asylum kind of song," explained singer Sharon den Adel to Ultimate-Guitar.com . "I loved Soul Asylum and especially with the 'Runaway Train' song. It was always very special to me. We felt like, 'If we're gonna do this song on the album, we need to have him in as well.' Because it's maybe on the border of what we normally do."

The Polish version of the song features the native rock singer Piotr Rogucki of the band Coma instead of Pirner.