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The Bad Company Lyric That Offered an Honest Take on the Pitfalls of Rock Stardom

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How Bob Dylan Transformed “Just Like A Woman” With the Crucial Final Verse

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The Touching Tragically Hip Lyric That Brought Attention to a Remote Canadian Location
Tom Petty Knew Just How To Handle a Story Song With These Stunning Lyrics

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Albert Einstein, Charlie Sheen, and Others Make an Appearance in This Brilliant Warren Zevon Lyric

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The Bruce Springsteen Lyric That Details the Exploits of a Summer Pretender

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The Paul McCartney Song That Tells a Potential Jumper’s Strange Tale

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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
The Kinks’ Ray Davies Delivered These Lyrics After Watching His Youthful Neighborhood Lose Its Identity

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The XTC Lyric That Takes a Dim View of a Reckless Superheroine

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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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