A song about the massacre of Australian and New Zealand forces at Gallipoli, Turkey in 1916. When I was a young man I carried my pack And I lived the free life of a rover From the Murrays green basin to the dusty outback I waltzed my Matilda all over Then in nineteen fifteen my [...]
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Imagine there’s no Heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say that [...]
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I suppose this is an anti-war song, but it could be about politics in general. to fool = tromper/duper to fool around : faire le fou/l’endouille We’ll be fighting in the streets With our children at our feet And the morals that they worship will be gone And the men who spurred us on Sit [...]
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Lyrics: People say that together we were both sides of the same coin That we would shine like Venus in a clear night sky We thought our love could overcome the circumstances But my ambition wouldn’t allow for compromise I could see in the distance all the dreams that were clear to me Every choice [...]
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Great song from 1995. The lyrics don’t make much sense, but it’s worth learning for accent practice. Read more about the song at wikipedia Today is gonna be the day That they’re gonna throw it back to you By now you should’ve somehow Realized what you gotta do I don’t believe that anybody Feels the [...]
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Good practice for ‘going to’ How’s it going to be? ça va être comment? I’m only pretty sure that I can’t take anymore Before you take a swing I wonder What are we fighting for When I say out loud I want to get out of this I wonder Is there anything I’m going to [...]
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I gotta feeling That tonights gonna be a good night That tonights gonna be a good night That tonights gonna be a good good night A feeling That tonights gonna be a good night That tonights gonna be a good night That tonights gonna be a good good night A feeling (Woo hoo) That tonights [...]
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The Undertones were a punk band from Northern Ireland. I love them! Are teenage dreams so hard to beat Everytime she walks down the street Another girl in the neighbourhood Wish she was mine, she looks so good I wanna hold her wanna hold her tight Get teenage kicks right through the night I’m gonna [...]
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Well I see, because this is my window Your questions, with every move I make So much time, I made up with answers To why my feet, will always hold their ground Need to be the one Redefine yourself See it in your mind This is all a game Do it all again Redefine yourself [...]
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Don’t ask me why – this song makes me laugh, that’s all. It’s actually an English folk song about an unrepentant thief who was hanged at Tyburn (the place where people were hanged in England) Well, my name it is Sam Hall, Sam Hall. Yes, my name it is Sam Hall; it is Sam Hall. [...]
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I like the piano, reminds me a bit of Yann Tiersen. I’ve been walking in the same way as I did Missing out the cracks in the pavement And tutting my heel and strutting my feet “Is there anything I can do for you dear? Is there anyone I can call?” “No and thank you, [...]
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The lyrics aren’t very interesting, but sing along, it’s fun! There she stood in the street, smiling from her head to her feet I said, “A-hey, what is this?” Now baby maybe, maybe she’s in need of a kiss I said, “A-hey, what’s your name, baby? Maybe we can see things the same Now don’t [...]
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I just want to be ok, be ok, be ok I just want to be ok today I just want to be ok, be ok, be ok I just want to be ok today I just want to feel today, feel today, feel today I just want to feel something today I just want to [...]
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Tina Turner was born on the 26th November, 1939. This song comes from the film Mad Max 3 : Beyond the Thunderdome (Au delà du dôme du tonnerre) Out of the ruins Out from the wreckage Can’t make the same mistake this time We are the children The last generation We are the ones they [...]
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Song about Brenda Ann Spencer a girl went on a killing spree simply because she didn’t like Mondays. Boomtown Rats – I Don’t Like Mondays lyrics The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload And nobody’s gonna go to school today She’s going to make them stay at home And daddy doesn’t understand [...]
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