Story
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Song
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Dock worker and waitress are in financial distress, but have each other
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Livin' on a Prayer
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Two strangers meet on a late night train ride going anywhere
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Don't Stop Believin'
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Long haired Rock star laments and celebrates life on the road on a tour bus
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Turn the Page
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Man wants to take his girlfriend, Wendy, away from the mundane NJ existence
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Born to Run
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A young man kills someone and tells his mama that he has immediate, fatalistic regret
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Bohemian Rhapsody
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A barroom musician knows his customers all too well and gets free drinks
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Piano Man
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Man with no time for his son growing up gets old and discovers the reverse is true
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Cat's in the Cradle
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Actress Norma changes her name and lives a tumultuous, but tragically short life
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Candle in the Wind
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Rock star and his wife feel like the press is trying to crucify them
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Ballad of John and Yoko
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The epic tale of a littering conviction that leads to a draft exemption
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Alice's Restaurant Massacree
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A fiddler saves his soul in a contest with a formidable foe.
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The Devil Went Down to Georgia
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The aftermath of musicians dying in a plane crash
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American Pie
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Two young outlaws, Billy and Bobbie, are pursued by a Dallas detective
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Take the Money and Run
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A young girl is seduced by a much older mystical man. Her mother calls to beg her to come back home.
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Magic Man
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A lonely woman dies and is buried by a lonely minister, the only one who attends the service
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Eleanor Rigby
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Satan recounts evil acts throughout human history and hopes you remember his name
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Sympathy for the Devil
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An Astronaut feels isolated, but not unhappy to be away from the glare of public attention
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Space Oddity
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A woman talks about her jetstetting, sort of obnoxious ex lover and his scarf
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You're So Vain
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The tale of a hotel stay as a metphor for life in the 70's
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Hotel California
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A duet chronicle the loss of virginity in a car, complete with a baseball analogy
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Paradise by the Dashboard Light
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