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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.

Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.

Bruce Cockburn

Lovers in a Dangerous Time

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Cockburn, Bruce. "Lovers in a Dangerous Time." Stealing Fire. True North Records, 1984.

One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain.

Bob Marley

Trenchtown Rock

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Marley, Bob. Trenchtown Rock. Performed by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Tuff Gong, 1971.

It was a real slow walk in a real sad rain.

Johnny Cash

Drive On

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Cash, Johnny. "Drive On." American Recordings. American Recordings, 1994.

I'm a loser, baby, so why don't you kill me?

Beck

Loser

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Beck and Carl Stephenson. Loser. Performed by Beck. Mellow Gold. Bong Load Records, 1993.

Send lawyers, guns, and money
The shit has hit the fan.

Warren Zevon

Lawyers, Guns and Money

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Zevon, Warren. "Lawyers, Guns and Money." Excitable Boy. Asylum Records, 1978.

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.

Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate.

Marvin Gaye

What's Going On

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Gaye, Marvin. "What's Going On." Written by Al Cleveland and Renaldo Benson and Marvin Gaye. What's Going On. Tamla Records, 1971.

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.

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.