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The Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney Lyric That Drew on Past Macca Character Sketches

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How Randy Newman Used a Lyric to Address His First Marriage While in the Middle of His Second

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The Lyric Where Leonard Cohen Assessed His Place in the Music World

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The Legendary Beatles Tune That Started as a Campaign Song

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The Mythological Cream Lyric With a Poet’s Touch

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The Moody Blues Lyric That Shrugged off the Responsibility Piled on Rock and Rollers
The Jackson Browne Lyric That Spoke of Hopeful Dreams and Sad Reality

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The Lyric That Showed Even Paul McCartney Can Get Annoyed With Celebrity Status

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The Early Beatles Lyric That Was Already “Imagining”

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