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A song in which Lee urges people to opt against abortion and tells those who have already had one that they can find healing in Jesus. [36] "The Big 'A' = The Big 'M'" by Gary S. Paxton (1978) [37] "The Biggest Hurt" by Barbara Fairchild (1982) A song about a woman experiencing profound regret after an abortion. [38] "Birthday I.O.U." by All (1993)
In the poem, a man strangles his lover – Porphyria – with her hair; "... and all her hair / In one long yellow string I wound / Three times her little throat around, / And strangled her." Porphyria's lover then talks of the corpse's blue eyes, golden hair, and describes the feelings of perfect happiness the murder gives him and his surprise ...
The lyrics express Dylan's anger at the perceived hypocrisy, commercialism, consumerism, and war mentality in contemporary American culture. Dylan's preoccupations in the lyrics, nevertheless, extend beyond the socio-political, expressing existential concerns, touching on urgent matters of personal experience.
Verse one Far above Cayuga's waters, With its waves of blue, Stands our noble Alma Mater, Glorious to view. Refrain Lift the chorus, speed it onward, Loud her praises tell; Hail to thee, our Alma Mater! Hail, all hail, Cornell! Verse two Far above the busy humming Of the bustling town, Reared against the arch of heaven, Looks she proudly down.
It first appeared on Dylan's 14th studio album, Planet Waves, as the opening track. [1] It was also released as the lead single from the album and reached #44 on the Billboard Hot 100 [ 2 ] The song later appeared on several Dylan compilation albums including Biograph , in 1985, and Dylan (three-disc version), in 2007.
"Live Like You Were Dying" is a song recorded by American country music singer Tim McGraw, and was the lead single from his eighth album of the same name (2004). It was written by the songwriting team of Tim Nichols and Craig Wiseman. The duo crafted the song based on family and friends who learned of illnesses (cancers), and how they often had ...
The title refers to the act of watching over the dead between the death and funeral, known as a wake. "Lyke" is an obsolete word meaning a corpse. It is related to other extant Germanic words such as the German Leiche, the Dutch lijk and the Norwegian lik, all meaning "corpse".
"Wave of Mutilation" is an alternative rock song by the American band Pixies, and is the third track on their 1989 album Doolittle. Written and sung by the band's frontman Black Francis , the song was inspired by articles about Japanese businessmen committing murder-suicides by driving into the ocean.