***This (edit) has been accomplished after an SOL writer expressed their concern that "the wordsmiths" of these works had not been cited. Thank you.
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"Ah, but then one night in some empty room
Where no curtains ever hung
Like a miracle some golden words
Rolled off of someone's tongue
And after years of being nothing
They're all looking right at you"
"16th Ave" - (Thom Schuyler) - Lacy J. Dalton
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"There wasn't anyone around 'cept this old man and me
The guy who ran the bar was watchin' 'Ironsides' on tv
Uninvited, he sat down and opened up his mind"
"Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine" - (Tom T. Hall) - Tom T. Hall
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"And it was in the early spring
When flowers bloom and robins sing
She went away"
"Honey" - (Bobby Russell) - Bobby Goldsboro
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"Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown"
"You'll Never Walk Alone" - (Oscar Hammerstein II) - Gerry and the Pacemakers
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"Through the night with the light from above"
"God Bless America" - (Irving Berlin) - Kate Smith
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"Girl, I'm never, never gonna marry, no no
Oh, it's the worst that could happen
The worst that could happen
Baby baby baby"
"Worst That Could Happen" - (Jimmy Webb) - Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge
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"And I will remind you that your mother will love you no matter what you do
Because she is a woman
And I love you too, son
But I also love our country and the principles for which we stand
And if you decide to burn your draft card
Then burn your birth certificate at the same time"
"An Open Letter to My Teenage Son" - (Scott Thompson) - Victor Lundberg
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"Early Lord, one frosty morn"
"An American Trilogy" - (Mickey Newbury) - Elvis Presley
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"The words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say 'I love you' in a song"
"I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song" - (Jim Croce) - Jim Croce
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"With jacks and timbers they started back down"
"Big Bad John" - (Jimmy Dean/Roy Acuff) - Jimmy Dean