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The Country-Tinged Wallflowers Song That Jakob Dylan Wrote To Help a Band Member Out

August 26, 2025, 6:00 am
The Jim Steinman Lyric That Was Written for Meat Loaf and Indirectly Assisted by Elvis

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The Nick Lowe Lyric That Profiles a Guy Who Couldn’t Get an Invite to the Party
The Linda Thompson Lyric That Details Devastation in Deceit

August 20, 2025, 7:30 am
The Leonard Cohen Lyric That Explores the Art of Breaking Up

August 14, 2025, 7:30 am
The Aimee Mann Lyric That Fixates on a Jimmy Stewart Type

August 13, 2025, 7:30 am
How Elvis Costello Used a Brilliant Three-Line Refrain To Sum up His Anti-War Stance in “Shipbuilding”

August 13, 2025, 5:00 am
The Classic ABBA Lyric That Suggests Love Is a Zero Sum Game

August 12, 2025, 7:30 am
The Dire Straits Lyrics That Try To Solve the Cold Case of Lost Love
Steve Earle Paid Tribute To Townes Van Zandt With Touching Lyrics About the Common Roads They Traveled

August 8, 2025, 5:00 am
Paul McCartney’s Lyrical Homage to Teenage Romance

August 6, 2025, 6:00 am
The Band Lyric Where Robbie Robertson Connected His Canadian Home With the American South

August 5, 2025, 7:30 am

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