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They're selling postcards of the hanging.

Bob Dylan

Desolation Row

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Dylan, Bob. "Desolation Row." Highway 61 Revisited. Columbia Records, 1965.

How wonderful life is while you're in the world.

Elton John

Your Song

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John, Elton and Bernie Taupin. "Your Song." Performed by Elton John. Elton John. Uni Records/DJM Records, 1970.

I'm gonna wave my freak flag high.

Jimi Hendrix

If 6 Was 9

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Hendrix, Jimi. "If 6 Was 9." Performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Axis: Bold as Love. Track Records, 1967.

Purple haze all in my brain
Lately things don't seem the same.

Jimi Hendrix

Purple Haze

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Hendrix, Jimi. Purple Haze. Performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Track Records/Reprise Records, 1967.

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess!

Ludwig van Beethoven

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Beethoven, Ludwig. Letter to Bettina Brentao (Bettina von Arnim). 11 Aug. 1810.

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Beethoven, Ludwig. Beethoven's Letters. Dover Publications, 1972.

Freedom is just another word for nothin' left to lose.

Janis Joplin

Me and Bobby McGee

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Kristofferson, Kris and Fred Foster. "Me and Bobby McGee." Performed by Janis Joplin. Pearl. Columbia Records, 1971.

If it wasn't for bad luck
You know, I wouldn't have no luck at all

Albert King

Born Under a Bad Sign

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Bell, William. "Born Under a Bad Sign." Composed by Booker T. Jones. Performed by Albert King. Born Under a Bad Sign. Stax Records, 1967.

Music is my mistress, and she plays second fiddle to no one.

Duke Ellington

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Ellington, Edward Kennedy. Music is My Mistress. Doubleday & Company, 1973.

You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows.

Bob Dylan

Subterranean Homesick Blues

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Dylan, Bob. Subterranean Homesick Blues. Columbia Records, 1965.

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Cash, June Carter and Merle Kilgore. "Ring of Fire." Performed by Johnny Cash. Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash. Columbia Nashville, 1963.

I can’t make you love me if you don’t.
You can’t make your heart feel something it won’t.

Bonnie Raitt

I Can't Make You Love Me

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Reid, Mike and Allen Shamblin. "I Can't Make You Love Me." Performed by Bonnie Raitt. Luck of the Draw. Capitol Records, 1991.

I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly

Joni Mitchell

River

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Mitchell, Joni. "River." Blue. Reprise Records, 1971.

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
The sinners are much more fun

Billy Joel

Only the Good Die Young

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Joel, Billy. "Only the Good Die Young." The Stranger. Columbia Records, 1977.

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Dylan, Bob. Chronicles: Volume I. Simon & Schuster, 2004.

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Mitchell, Joni. "Big Yellow Taxi." Ladies of the Canyon. Reprise Records, 1970.

Where is my John Wayne?
Where is my prairie song?
Where is my happy ending?
Where have all the cowboys gone?

Paula Cole

Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?

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Cole, Paula. "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" This Fire. Warner Records/Imago Records, 1996.

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Dylan, Bob. "Just Like a Woman." Blonde on Blonde. Columbia Records, 1966.

Say it loud: "I'm Black and I'm Proud."
Some people say we've got a lot of malice,
Some say it's a lot of nerve.
But I say we won't quit moving
Until we get what we deserve.

James Brown

Say It Loud

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Brown, James and Alfred Ellis. Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud. Performed by James Brown. King Records, 1968.

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Dylan, Bob. "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall." The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Columbia Records, 1963.

I went to the crossroad,
fell down on my knees.
Asked the Lord above,
"Have mercy, save poor Bob if you please."

Robert Johnson

Cross Road Blues

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Johnson, Robert. Cross Road Blues. Vocalion Records, 1937.