My Favorite Tunes which feature fine lyrics

By Galactically Renowned Music Critic Mike Kimbro

1. Taxi by Harry Chapin from Heads & Tales in 1972 (mp3):  2nd best lyrics
2. Superstar from Jesus Christ Superstar by The Original Broadway Cast in 1970 (mp3): Tim Rice
3. Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen from Born to Run in 1975 (mp3)
4. Crazy On You by Heart from Dreamboat Annie in 1976 (mp3):  Ann and Nancy Wilson
5. Memories by Mac Davis from Song Painter in 1974 (mp3):  Mac Davis and Billy Strange
6. Pirates by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer from Works Volume 1 in 1977 (mp3's: #1 & #2):  Best lyrics by Peter Sinfield and Greg Lake
7. Big Time by Linda Eder from It's Time in 1997 (mp3):  Jack Murphy
8. With A Little Help From My Friends by Joe Cocker from With A Little Help From My Friends in 1968 (mp3):  John Lennon & Paul McCartney
9. No One In The World by Anita Baker from Rapture in 1986 (mp3):  Marti Sharron
10. Karn Evil 9 First Impression-1st Part by ELP from Brain Salad Surgery in 1973 (mp3):  Peter Sinfield
11. Evergreen by Barbara Streisand from Memories in 1974 (mp3):  Paul Williams
12. Testify to Love by Avalon from A Maze of Grace in 1997 (mp3's: #1 & #2)  Paul Field, Henk Pool, Robert Rieker, & Ralph van Manen (check out Wynonna's acoustic version)
13. I Will Glory in The Cross by Larnelle Harris from From A Servant's Heart in 1986 (mp3):  Dottie Rambo
14. Paradise By The Dash Board Light by Meat Loaf from Bat Out Of Hell in 1977 (mp3):  Jim Steinman
15. Whipping Post by The Allman Brothers from The Allman Brothers Band in 1969 (mp3):  
16. Love in the First Degree by Alabama from Feels So Right in 1981 (mp3):  Jim Hurt & Tim DuBois
17. I Talk to the Wind/ Epitaph by King Crimson from In The Court Of The Crimson King in 1969 (mp3's: solo/intro & bridge):  Peter Sinfield
18. The Last Farwell by Roger Whittaker from Special Kind of Man in 1971 (mp3):  Ron A. Webster
19. All the Kings and Castles by Shawn Philips from Bright White in 1973 (mp3):  Shawn Philips
20. Funeral For A Friend/Loves Lies Bleeding by Elton John from Good Bye The Yellow Brick Road 1973 (mp3):  Bernie Taupin
21. Gethsemane by Ian Gillam and The Original Broadway Cast from Jesus Christ Superstar in 1970 (mp3):  Tim Rice
22. Baker Street by Jerry Rafferty from City to City in 1978 (mp3)
23. That's the Way it Is by Celine Dion from All the Way in 1999 (mp3): M. Martin, K. Lundin, A. Carlsson
24. Only Love by Linda Eder from It's Time in 1997 (mp3):  Jack Murphy
25. Stranglehold by Ted Nugent from Ted Negent in 1975 (mp3)
26. Time to Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brighman from Romanza in 1996 (mp3)
27. Worlds Away by Pablo Cruise from Worlds Away in 1978 (mp3):
28. Song for America by Kansas from Song for America in 1975 (mp3's: #1 & #2):  Kerry Livgren
29. The Beggar by Gary Puckett and The Union Gap from ??? in 197? (mp3)
30. The Sweetest Days by Vanessa Williams from The Sweetest Days in 1994 (mp3):  Jon Lind, Wendy Waldman, & Phil Galdston
31. Back Stabbers by The O'Jays from ??? in 1972 (mp3): The O'jays
32. War Pigs by Black Sabbath from Paranoid in 1970 (mp3)
33. Sweet Freedom by Michael McDonald from the Running Scared Soundtrack in 1986 (mp3):  Rod Temperton
34. We Are The World by The USA for Africa in 1985 (mp3):  Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie
35. Peace of Mind by Boston from Boston in 1976 (mp3):  Tom Scholz
36. Tangled Up In Blue by Bob Dylan from Blood on the Tracks in 1974 (mp3)
37. Always by Atlantic Starr from All in the Name of Love in 1987 (mp3):
38. White Lines by Duran Duran from Thank You in 1995 (mp3):  Melvin Glover & Sylvia Robinson
39. When I Was A Boy by Dar Williams from The Honesty Room in 1995 (mp3)
40. If I Could Turn Back Time by Cher from Heart of Stone in 1989 (mp3):  Diane Warren
41. Kentucky Rain by Elvis Presley Released as a Single in 1971 (mp3):  Eddie Rabbit & Dick Heard
42. American Woman by The Guess Who from American Woman in 1970 (mp3)
43. Viva Las Vegas by ZZ Top from Greatest Hits in 199? (mp3):  Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
44. As by Stevie Wonder from Songs in the Key of Life in 197? (mp3)
45. A Day In The Life by The Beatles from Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart's Club Band in 196?:  Paul McCartney & John Lennon
46. Think by Aretha Franklin from ??? in 197? (mp3)
47. New Day by Avalon from Testify to Love in 2003 (mp3):  Lydia Gott, Jenna Long, Jody McBrayer & Tedd Tjornhom
48. The Heart of the Matter by Don Henley from The End of the Innocence in 1989 (mp3):  Mike Campbell, Don Henley & J.D. Souther
49. Talk To Me by Stevie Nicks from Rock A Little in 1985 (mp3):  Chas Sanford
50. The Boxer by Simon & Garfunkel from ??? in 196? (mp3):  Paul Simon
51. Big Time by Peter Gabriel from So in 1986 (mp3)
52. Through the Eyes of a Child by Lisa McClowry from Spyglass Hill in 2001 (mp3):  Lisa McClowery & Lavant Coppock
53. What Kind of Man Would I Be by Chicago form Chicago 19 in 1988 (mp3):  Jason Scheff
54. God Bless The Child by Blood, Sweat, and Tears from ????? in 197? (mp3): 
55. With the Pride by Spandau Ballet from Parade in 1984 (mp3):  Gary Kemp
56. Make His Praise Glorious by Sandi Patti from Make His Praise Glorious in 1988 (mp3):  Bill & Robin Wolaver
57. Careless Whisper by Wham/George Michael from Make It Big in 1984 (mp3)
58. The Babysitter's Here by Dar Williams from The Honesty Room in 1995 (mp3)
59. The Colour of Love by Billy Ocean from ??? in 198? (mp3)
60. Pull The Damn Thing Down/Music Was My First Love (Reprise) by John Miles from Rebel in 1976 (mp3's: #1 & #2)
61. Without Love by Tom Jones from ????? in 197? (mp3):  Small
62. Party at Ground Zero by Fishbone from Fishbone on 1985 (mp3):
63. In Your Eyes by Jeffery Osborne from Emotional in 1986 (mp3): 
64. So Close to Love by Wendy Moten from Wendy Moten in 1992 (mp3):  Curtiss Boone
65. If Ever You're In My Arms Again by Peabo Bryson from ????? in 198? (mp3)
66. In The Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson from In The Court of The Crimson King in 1969 (mp3):  Peter Sinfield
67. North To Alaska by Johnny Horton from ??? in 196? (mp3): 
68. Hair by The Cowsills from ????? in 196? (mp3):  Gerome Ragni & James Rado
69. Time, Love, & Tenderness by Michael Bolton from Time, Love, & Tenderness in 1991 (mp3):  Diane Warren
70. Sausolito Summernight by Diesel from Watts in a Tank in 1981 (mp3):  Mark Boon
71. Piano Man by Billy Joel from Piano Man in 197?
72. I Wish I Knew by The Kentucky Headhunters from Songs from the Grass String Ranch in 2001 (mp3)
73. I Still Believe by Russ Taff from Russ Taff in 1987 (mp3)
74. Too Legit To Quit by Hammer from Too Legit To Quit in 1991 (mp3):
75. Those Were The Days by Mary Hopkin from Post Card in 1968 (mp3):  Gene Raskin
76. Tapestry by Teri DeSario from Voices in the Wind in 1985 (mp3)
77. Wonder Why by Avalon from Oxygen in 2001 (mp3)
78. Someone That I Used to Know by Natalie Cole from ??? in 198? (mp3):
79. We by Shawn Phillips from Faces in 1972 (mp3)
80. The School of Instant Pain by Triumvirat from Spartacus in 1975 (mp3's: #1 & #2):  Hans Bathelt
81. A Piece of Sky by Barbara Streisand from The Yentl Soundtrack in 1983 (mp3):  Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman, music by Michel Legrand
82. The Wall by Kansas from Leftoverture in 1976 (mp3): 
83. Tell Me To My Face by Dan Fogelberg & Tim Weisberg from Twin Sons of Different Mother in 1978 (mp3):  Graham Nash, A. Clarke, T. Hicks
84. How Can You Love Me by Ambrosia from Road Island in 1982 (mp3)
85. Dream of A Lifetime by Kelli Reisen from Dream of a Lifetime in 1992 (mp3)
86. Stayin ' Alive by The Bee Gee's from Saturday Night Fever in 1978
87. Mother Russia by Renaissance from Turn of the Cards in 1974 (mp3)
88. Runnin' by Pablo Cruise from Worlds Away in 1978 (mp3)
89. The Pretender by Jackson Browne from The Pretender in 1976 (mp3)
90. He Must Be Love by Kelli Reisen from Dream of A Lifetime in 1992 (mp3):  Lowell Alexander
91. A Brand New Day (Everybody Rejoice?) from The Wiz-Original Soundtrack in 1978 (mp3):  Luther Vandross
92. Humility by Twila Paris from Keepin' My Eyes on You from 1982 (mp3)
93. I Was Made to Love You by Gary Wright from The Dream Weaver in 197? (mp3)
94. Don't Let The Sun Come Down On Me by Elton John from Caribou in 1975:  Bernie Taupin
95. The Comfort of Strangers by Julia Fordham from Julia Fordham in 1988 (mp3)
96. Somewhere, Out There by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram from ??? in 198? (mp3):  Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and James Horner
97. Down 'n' Outer by Nanci Griffith from Late Night Grande Hotel in 1991 (mp3)
98. The One by Elton John from The One in 1992 (mp3):  Bernie Taupin
99. Twist in My Sobriety by Tanita Tikaram from Ancient Heart in 1988 (mp3)
100. Promises Made by Dan Fogelberg from Netherlands in 1977 (mp3)
101. Longfellow Serenade by Neil Diamond from Serenade in 1974 (mp3)
102. Awake by Asia from Aura in 2001 (mp3):  Geoff Downes & John Payne
103. Kyrie Eleison by Mr. Mister from Welcome to The Real World in 1985 (mp3):  John Lang
104. Scenes from An Italian Restaurant by Billy Joel from The Stranger in 1977 (mp3)
105. All I Ask of You by The Original Broadway Cast of The Phantom of the Opera in 1987 (mp3):  Charles Hart & Richard Stilgoe
106. Miracle by Richard Marx from Flesh and Bone in 1997 (mp3)
107. Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In by The 5th Dimension from The Age of Aquarius in 1969 (mp3):  James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
108. I Miss My Time With You by Larnelle Harris from From A Servant's Heart in 1986 (mp3): Larnell Harris & Phil McHugh
109. If You Go Away by Scott Walker from the Miranda Movie Soundtrack in 2003 (mp3): poetry by Jacques Brel, translated by Rod McEwen
110. Jerusalem by Emerson, Lake & Palmer from Brain Salad Surgery in 1973 (mp3):  William Blake
111. I Believe in Love by Paula Cole from Amen in 1999 (mp3)
112. Apologetic by Lynne Timmes from Human in 2007 (mp3)
113. Jesus Was a Capricorn by Kris Kristofferson from Jesus Was a Capricorn in 1972 (mp3)
114. Wake Up And Dream by Richie Havens from Simple Things in 1987 (mp3):  Thom Bishop and Ed Tossing
115. Fill The World With Love by Richard Harris from The Richard Harris Love Album in 1968 (mp3):  Leslie Bricusse
116. Where Have All The Cowboys Gone by Paula Cole from This Fire in 1996 (mp3)

Songs are listed by how they appear on the "My Favorite Songs" page, and do not reflect any particular lyrical preference.

I didn't include the Christian and Religious songs simply because they always have great lyrics.

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