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Warren Zevon Included a Quatrain for the Ages in “Desperados Under The Eaves”

November 2, 2025, 8:00 am
The Jackson Browne Lyric He Thought Might Signal the Premature End of His Music Career

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This Bob Dylan Lyric Searches for a Wayward Woman and an Elusive Faith (And Both Might Be the Same Thing)
The Lyric That Put Richard and Linda Thompson Out on the High Wire

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How Kate and Anna McGarrigle Combined Travelogue and Heartbreak Into One Gorgeous Lyric

October 19, 2025, 5:00 am
How Don Henley and His Co-Writers Brought Maturity to a Lost-Love Lament With “The Heart Of The Matter”

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This Counting Crows Tune Travels Down a Particularly Lonely Avenue

October 15, 2025, 5:00 am
This Billy Joel Lyric From 1976 Imagines a Bleak Future in the Big Apple

October 14, 2025, 9:00 am
The Radiohead Lyric That Explores Love Damaged by Depression
How a Snowstorm Inspired a Lovely Lyric from Colin Meloy of The Decemberists

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The Leonard Cohen Lyric About a Love on Its Last Legs

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How Keith Richards Explained the Motivations of “Ruby Tuesday” With Some Crucial Lines of Lyric

October 2, 2025, 5:00 am

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