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The Steely Dan Lyric That Left Us Guessing About a New York Town

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Three Crucial Lines in Jackson Browne’s “The Pretender” Brought Love Into the Quest for Moolah

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Randy Newman Doesn’t Love This Lyric of His, but We Do
The Country-Tinged Wallflowers Song That Jakob Dylan Wrote To Help a Band Member Out

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The Jim Steinman Lyric That Was Written for Meat Loaf and Indirectly Assisted by Elvis

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The Nick Lowe Lyric That Profiles a Guy Who Couldn’t Get an Invite to the Party

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The Linda Thompson Lyric That Details Devastation in Deceit

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The Leonard Cohen Lyric That Explores the Art of Breaking Up

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The Aimee Mann Lyric That Fixates on a Jimmy Stewart Type
How Elvis Costello Used a Brilliant Three-Line Refrain To Sum up His Anti-War Stance in “Shipbuilding”

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The Classic ABBA Lyric That Suggests Love Is a Zero Sum Game

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The Dire Straits Lyrics That Try To Solve the Cold Case of Lost Love

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