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"People Are Strange" av The Doors -

"People are strange when you're a stranger. Faces look ugly when you're alone."

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"California Dreaming" av The Mamas & the Papas -

“All the leaves are brown, And the sky is gray.”

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"Summer of '69" av Bryan Adams -

"I got my first real six-string. Bought it at the five-and-dime. Played it till my fingers bled...Was the summer of '69."

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"Jolene" av Dolly Parton -

"Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene... I'm begging of you please don't take my man. Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene... Please don't take him just because you can."

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"Blue Suede Shoes" av Elvis Presley -

"Well, it's one for the money two for the show, Three to get ready now go, cat, go."

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"Stayin' Alive" av Bee Gees -

"Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk."

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"Heart of Glass" av Blondie -

"Once I had a love and it was a gas. Soon turned out had a heart of glass."

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"Feeling Good" av Nina Simone -

“Birds flying high you know how I feel. Sun in the sky you know how I feel…”

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"You Shook Me All Night Long" av AC/DC -

"She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean. She was the best damn woman that I ever seen."

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"The Sound of Silence" av Simon & Garfunkel -

"Hello darkness, my old friend. I've come to talk with you again."

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"Space Oddity" av David Bowie -

"Ground Control to Major Tom. Ground Control to Major Tom."

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"Blitzkrieg Bop" av Ramones -

"Hey ho, let's go! Hey ho, let's go! Hey ho, let's go! Hey ho, let's go!"

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"The Joker" av Steve Miller Band -

"Some people call me the space cowboy... Yeah... Some call me the gangster of love. Some people call me Maurice, 'Cause I speak of the pompatus of love."

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"Don't Stop Believin'" av Journey -

"Just a small town girl. Livin' in a lonely world. She took the midnight train goin' anywhere. Just a city boy. Born and raised in South Detroit. He took the midnight train goin' anywhere."

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"The House of the Rising Sun" av The Animals -

"There is a house in New Orleans..."

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"Sweet Child o' Mine" av Guns N' Roses -

"She's got a smile that it seems to me, reminds me of childhood memories...Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky."

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"My Way" av Frank Sinatra -

"And now, the end is here, And so I face the final curtain."

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"I Will Survive" av Gloria Gaynor -

"At first I was afraid, I was petrified. Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side. But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong. And I grew strong. And I learned how to get along."

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"Wonderwall" av Oasis -

"Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you."

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"Don't Stop Me Now" av Queen -

"Tonight, I’m gonna have myself a real good time. I feel alive. And the world, I'll turn it inside out, yeah. I'm floating around in ecstasy..."

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"Basket Case" av Green Day -

"Do you have the time to listen to me whine."

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"Let it Be" av The Beatles -

"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me... Speaking words of wisdom, let it be."

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"Wicked Game" av Chris Isaak -

"The world was on fire and no one could save me but you..."

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"Bullet with Butterfly Wings" av The Smashing Pumpkins -

"The world is a vampire."

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"Gangsta's Paradise" av Coolio feat. L.V. -

"As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. I take a look at my life, and realize there's nothin' left. 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long. That even my momma thinks that my mind is gone."

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"Don’t You Want Me" av The Human League -

"You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar."

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"Lust for Life" av Iggy Pop -

"Here comes Johnny Yen again, with the liquor and drugs."

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"Hotel California" av Eagles -

"On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair. Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air."

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"Thunder Road" av Bruce Springsteen -

"The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves. Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays."

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"Bring the Noise" av Public Enemy -

"Bass! How low can you go? Death row, what a brother knows."

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"Immigrant Song" av Led Zeppelin -

"We come from the land of the ice and snow, From the midnight sun, where the hot springs flow."

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"Subterranean Homesick Blues" av Bob Dylan -

"Johnny’s in the basement, Mixing up the medicine. I’m on the pavement, Thinking about the government."

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"Sympathy for the Devil" av The Rolling Stones -

"Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste. I've been around for a long, long year, stole many a man's soul and faith."

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"Joy to the World" av Three Dog Night -

"Jeremiah was a bullfrog."

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