Late night flight, L.A.X., limousine and you’re all set for sunset, for sunset Riot house a penthouse suitethe street’s alive below your feet on sunset, on sunset Rainbow girl, whiskey manspotting every star they can on sunset, on sunset Rock an’ roll every nightunderneath them neon signs on sunset, on sunset Sunset people, doin’ it […]
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Woy-a, Natty Congo:A Dreadlock Congo I!Woy-a, Natty Congo:A Blackman Redemption! Woy-yo, yo-oo-wo-oo!A Blackman Redemption! Woy-yo, wo-oo-wo-oo! No need – no need to get jumpy;No need and-a no need to get bumpy,And-a no need – and-a no need to get bumpy;No nee-nee-nee-nee-nee-nee-nee-need to get jumpy! Youth and youth agree to:Cool runnings; can you dig it?Cool runnings; […]
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Spring was never waiting for us tillit ran one step aheadas we followed in the dance. Between the parted pages we were pressed,in love’s hot, fevered ironlike a striped pair of pants. Mac Arthur’s Park is melting in the darkall the sweet green icing flowing downsomeone left the cake out in the rainI don’t think […]
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A buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air,The monkey thought that everything was on the square.The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back,The monkey grabbed his neck and said, "Now listen, Jack…" Straighten up and fly right,Straighten up and fly rightStraighten up and fly rightCool down, papa, don’t you blow […]
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Have you ever seen a flowerTryin’ to bloom in a dry barren landBut then comes a sweet spring showerJust to lend a helpin’ handLike the love of you and IAll at once it came aliveYou brought loveAnd your love is lifeDid you ever watch a motherAnd how tender she treats a childAnd the birds in […]
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You and meMeant to beI’mmutableI’mpossibleIt’s destinyPure lunacyIncalculableInseparable And for the last timeYou’re everything that I want and asked forYou’re all that I dream Who wouldn’t be the one you loveWho wouldn’t stand inside your loveProtected and the lover of A pure soulAnd beautifulYouDon’t understandDon’t fear me nowI will breathFor the both of usTravel the worldTraverse […]
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Headline: "Murder, young girl killedDesperate shooting at Echo’s HillDreadful ending, killer diedEvidently suicide." A witness heard a horrifying soundHe ran to find a woman dead andLying on the ground Standing by her was a manNervous, shaking, gun in handWitness says he tried to helpBut he’d turned the weapon on himself His body fell across that […]
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LO ECHAMOS A SUERTES Autor: Marta Botía© Hispavox S.A., Madrid (España), 1996 Por qué ya no me baila un gusano en la tripa cuando suena el teléfono y escucho su voz Por qué no me arreglé para la última cita Y no usé su perfume ni me puse tacón Será que la rutina ha sido […]
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The time has come to say goodbyeTo all our past regrets. i’m sorry to inform youBut i doubt you’ll really ever understand. Friendships aren’t built on false promisesI’ve failed without defeat.In this game of disrespectI’m a victim-a small town tragedy. Here’s the difference between you and iI’ll tell the truth and count my blessingsSo thanks […]
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Chorus: repeat 2X How many brothas fell victim to tha streetzRest in peace young nigga, there’s a Heaven for a ‘G’be a lie, If I told ya that I never thought of deathmy niggas, we tha last ones leftbut life goes on….. Verse One: As I bail through tha empty hallsbreath stinkin’ in my drawsring, […]
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