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Boy ignores a girl that has a crush on him. When someone else starts dating her, he becomes jealous and misses her attention. “Oh darling I was blind to let you go, but now since I see you in his arms…”
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I Want You Back
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A man was born on a dark morning, it seems ever since that day he’s been working in the mine. No matter how hard he works he only gets deeper in debt. Apparently this affects his temper as he states “if you see me coming, better step aside. A lot of men didn’t, a lot of men died” |
Sixteen Tons
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After a breakup a guy loses touch with his girl. He decides he can’t live without her so he’s going to wait on the corner that they met until she comes for him. People think he’s homeless and try to hand him money. He imagines “maybe I’ll get famous…maybe you won’t mean to, but you’ll see me on the news. And you’ll come running to the corner cause you know it’s just for you…” |
The Man Who Can’t Be Moved
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A girl asks her mother many questions about her future The same girl gets older and asks her sweetheart what lies ahead for their relationship She has children of her own and they ask questions about their future
All three occasions the same advice is given “…the future’s not ours to see” |
Que Será, Será
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Man named Desmond Jones works as a street vendor. He falls in love with a pretty singer named Molly. When he tells her he likes her and later proposes she seems indifferent replying with some gibberish and, “life goes on”. Eventually they get married and start a family.
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Ob-la-di Ob-la-da
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From ages 7, 11, and 20 a man fights loneliness and tries to become a success. He becomes a songwriter and still has most of his friends with him. He contemplates being 30, and 60. He thinks “Soon I’ll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold? Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me?”
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7 Years
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A boy and girl excitedly discuss one day acquiring the identification necessary to operate a motor vehicle. She hoped that when she does she may drive through the suburbs to his house. But before she could they broke up. Now everywhere she drives reminds her of the breakup. “Can’t drive past the places we used to go. ‘Cause you know I still love you, babe oh” |
drivers license
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Man commits murder and confesses to his mother. Then he thinks about his own death. Dismally he ends the song “nothing really matters to me. Anyway the wind blows” |
Bohemian Rhapsody
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Talented pianist sings the life stories of the regular patrons. There’s John who owns the bar, Paul the real estate novelist, Davy in the Navy… His music has got all the patrons “feelin’ alright” |
Piano Man
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A girl’s friends take her to a party that she really does not enjoy. She wonders why she even attended the party as she describes the nonsense that’s going on. She wishes she was home by herself or she was hanging out with real friends listening to real music and making real conversation. “Excuse me if I seem a little unimpressed with this. An antisocial pessimist, but usually I don’t mess with this.” |
Here
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A group of people come together and make a community. For a while they are proud of their little settlement. As time passes the world changes and their lives and work become insignificant, “it’s hard to find a reason left to stay” but they love it anyway.
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Our Town
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Weary traveler on a desert highway stops at a mysterious hotel run by a mysterious woman with mysterious guests. He regularly hears voices welcoming him to the hotel. As he leaves the night man tell him “you can check out any time you’d like, but you can never leave”
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Hotel California
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A punk rock skater dude and a prissy ballerina girl like each other. Unfortunately she turns him down because her friends say he’s not good enough for her. Five years later she learns he’s a superstar playing on MTV. Now he’s with a new girl who has a message for the ballet dancer “too bad that you couldn’t see, see the man that boy could be. There is more than meets the eye, I see the soul that is inside” |
Sk8er Boi
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Woman is afraid another woman will steal her husband. The other woman is a beautiful redhead with ivory skin, green eyes, a beautiful smile and a soft voice. The wife says “he talks about you in his sleep”
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Jolene
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Girl #1 is frustrated because she has feelings for her friend but he is dating girl #2. #1 is down to earth, casual, and has a lot in common with the boy. Meanwhile girl #2 is a cheerleader, that doesn’t get the boy at all. When the boy and girl #2 fight girl #1 wonders “can’t you see that I’m the one who understands you? Been here all along so why can’t you see?…” |
You Belong With Me
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