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The Fiona Apple Lyric That Reclaimed Her Image

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How a Well-Timed, Well-Located Getaway Inspired Marc Cohn’s Most Famous Set of Lyrics

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The Kinks’ Ray Davies Delivered These Lyrics After Watching His Youthful Neighborhood Lose Its Identity
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John Lennon’s Mumbled Lyric at the End of “Strawberry Fields Forever” That Fed Into the “Paul Is Dead” Conspiracy

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The Surprisingly Cheerful Breakup Lyric Found on Bob Dylan’s Darkest Album

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The Elvis Costello Lyric That Combs Through National Scandals and Personal Revelations

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The Heartbreaking Janis Ian Lyric About a Reunion That Might Never Happen

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How a Wrong Turn Led to a Resonant James McMurtry Song
How The Decemberists Highlighted the Other Side of Athletics in “The Sporting Life”

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Mick Jagger Proved He Could Get Sentimental With This Rolling Stones Lyric for a Departed Friend

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The Lyric Where Yes Took a Chess Metaphor to Prog Rock History

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