lyric
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Normally, I love the arrow of a Willie Nelson lyric, which is: What’s the simplest way I can say the most complicated thing?
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
That lyric is heard over a minor-key piano in “Love Story,” the last track on the first side.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
The lyric, "I'll cry my eyes violet", refers to the star's famously entrancing eyes; and the line "what could you possibly get for the girl who has everything" namechecks one of her films.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
“When people go around talking to God, it always ends in tears” is absolutely the most Bono lyric, not taking himself too seriously but also still being completely, 100% sincere.
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026
Tom did not have his father’s lyric softness or his gay good looks.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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