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Havelock Ellis
Are you sometimes not sure what the words are when Bob sings? Here are the lyrics to just about every Dylan song ever. There’s also a link to the Grateful Dead page, where you’ll find even more links.
“Good, good, good, good-by raisins,” is just an example of the sometimes hilarious mondegreens available on this site. Dozens are listed, and you can contribute one of your own too.
Well, of course, somebody had to do it. The creator apologizes at the end, but it truly is worth a chuckle. Click the numbers to see the beer bottles disappearing one by one from the wall.
At this site, you’ll find the lyrics to hundreds of gospel songs and hymns. With a sound card and speakers, you can hear the music too. There are special areas of Children’s, Christmas, and Easter songs along with biographies of song writers and hymn trivia.
Here are the lyrics for all the songs from the hit motion picture Evita. Just click the song title to see the lyrics.
As the site opens, you hear Christmas carols playing. Click the tree ornaments to hear different carols. The lyrics for a couple of Christmas carols are available here, along with a MIDI file of several carols to download.
A site devoted to misunderstood lyrics from all genres. The line, “Sing us a song yellow piano man,” is a misunderstood line from Billy Joel’s “Piano Man” that goes “Sing us a song, you’re the piano man.” Contains hundreds of lyrics as well as information on how to submit your own.
This site contains the lyrics to many Led Zeppelin songs. Just click the song title and read the lyrics. The links will take you to a master index of lyrics for many, many groups.
Choose a game. Current choices include the Beatles (four games), grunge, the Sundays, and mazzy star. You’ll see a line of lyrics; pick the song those lyrics are from. This is a fun page.
Have you learned to dance the Macarena? And while you’re dancing, do you just hum along until the only part you can sing: “Hey, Macarena”? Well, here are the Spanish words and their English translation. There’s also a link to another page where you can listen to the song while learning the steps.
National Anthems http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/2975/ natanth.html
The national anthems of 10 countries are available here. You’ll find them in their original or in the English translation. Click the speaker to hear the anthem you’ve chosen. This is a growing site, and you might want to contribute any information you have about other national anthems, their lyrics, music, or history.
Phil has chosen quite a few songs to provide lyrics for, and they’re all meaningful. He even suggests certain times when each song would be appropriate. Want to tell someone how you feel, but you’re at a loss for words? Check these lyrics.
Here are the lyrics to those cute Schoolhouse Rock songs. Remember “Conjunction Junction”? Just click the title and recall all the words.
Bob Rivers as Weird Al Yankovic. Features downloadable hits such as “Strawberry Rehabs Forever” and “I Shot the White House.”
http://www.acronet.net/~robokopp/shanty.html
http://www.usscouts.scouter.com/songs/songbook.html
http://www.concentric.net/~Mtspaces/
http://bustm.bu.edu:8000/mac/U2/lyrics/index.html