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Hell Frezes Over (Album)

By The Eagles

The Eagles

…it Love Will Keep Us Alive I was standing All alone against the world outside You were searching For a place to hide Lost and

…grew dim I had to stop for the night There she stood in the doorway; I heard the mission bell And

Maids all in a Row Oh, oh oh, oh...... I Can't Tell You Why Look at us baby, up all night Tearing our love apart Aren't we the

Home City- Rough Draft

By Rachel-a

On album Introduction to Fiction Writing, Summer 2015--UNL

Rachel-a

…arms tight around me. “Alex! I didn't expect to turn around and see you standing in the doorway,” she said, “I thought you were…

…was waking up on the black leather couch in the clubhouse. I opened my eyes and a bald man in a navy blue suit was standing over…

back to my dorm and get some rest and we meet in his office tomorrow morning along with Coach Dekker. When I woke up in the

Have Mic, Will Travel Part 2

By Son of Light

On album Norske Byggeklosser

Son of Light

…got like 12 hours up in the studio back in Oslo And I don't wanna show up with a face looking like it's painted…

…put your hands back on the wheel grip Cause there's a telephone pole standing there in the middle of the snow drift…

…by heatseeking sneakers And deadly windmills She dissapeared in a cloud of foul smelling smoke (''Shrapnel baby'') And then we awoke, way back at the

Home City-Final Draft

By Rachel-a

On album Introduction to Fiction Writing, Summer 2015--UNL

Rachel-a

…to turn around and see you standing in the doorway,” she said, “I thought you were still in San Francisco?” I gave a soft smile back. Words…

…chair that was all scratched up on the seat. Must have been from players who wore jewels on their jeans and squirmed around in the

…it.” She then says, “Alex farted in her diaper.” I left Allie and Nester alone for two seconds and Nester falls off the chair she…

Hiawatha's Wooing

By None

None

…not!" Sent it singing on its errand, To the red heart of the roebuck; Threw the deer across his shoulder, And sped forward without pausing.          At the doorway

Spring-time, Came to buy her father's arrows, Sat and rested in the wigwam, Lingered long about the doorway, Looking back

…meadow, Left the old man standing lonely At the doorway of his wigwam, Heard the Falls of Minnehaha Calling to them from the distance, Crying…

Father Knows Best

By Billy Corgan

Billy Corgan

I am standing in the kitchen, talking to my father…about the past, about the future, about whatever is going on with us…my father…

…doesn't know how to speak…this in my father's eyes is the perfect relationship, something he not so secretly asks and wishes of us

…that same ruined kitchen, that he appears to be open when talking about the past beyond the anecdotal… Having left us to live and

Mirage Rock

By Band of Horses (2012)

On album Mirage Rock (2012)

Mirage Rock

…of hour Knocking on the doorway, look who's coming your way Everything I want, everything I need Knocking on the door Knocking on the

…apart And out it back together It didn't matter It's a little biblical A little bit tragic Maybe fantastic Every once in

…can find yourself babe Back in the hole from which you came And everything will fall into place Did you think that I'd just slowly…

The Scarlet Ibis (Part 3)

By James Hurst

James Hurst

We were down in Old Woman Swamp and it was spring and the sick- sweet smell of bay flowers hung everywhere like a mournful song…

…beginning that it's a miracle I didn't give up. But all of us must have something or someone to be proud of, and Doodle had become…

…ran over to him, hugging him and kissing him. Daddy hugged him too, so I went to Aunt Nicey, who was thanks praying in the doorway, and

Shed Some Skin

By Slow Gherkin (1998)

On album Shed Some Skin (1998)

Shed Some Skin

…good. 6 a.m. on the subway Stop station, through the doorway Crowds of people Standing, yelling, screaming "What's going…

…you're back at home today Back in the old USA. Scoop up handfuls of your native dust And cross the country in a Greyhound bus…

Could be that you got the upper hand When you left this rustic never-never land. And my breathing constricts I feel the walls closing in Could it be that finally we're all Shedding some skin.

Revisited

By The Antlers (2014)

On album Familiars (2014)

Familiars

When some unfamiliar faces came to shop in our old house, I didn't bother trying to stop them until they emptied it out. I was standing by the

…with a ton of room, but a broken strap. The hungry patrons hit the graveyard, I lit a joint in the house, where there was nothing but our mattress and the

…same soft shelter of sheets, where nobody found us… I let them strip your mausoleum so nothing was left, but they forgot to close the

Revisited

By Antlers (2014)

On album Familiars (2014)

Familiars

When some unfamiliar faces came to shop in our old house I didn't bother trying to stop them until they emptied it out I was standing by the

…with a ton of room, but a broken strap The hungry patrons hit the graveyard, I lit a joint in the house where there was nothing but our mattress and the

…same soft shelter of sheets where nobody found us I let them strip your mausoleum so nothing was left but they forgot to close the

Genie In A Bottle

By The Flower Kings (2002)

On album Unfold The Future (Bonus track edition) (2002)

Unfold The Future (Bonus track edition)

…reach the top "where's my connection, where's my protection where in the world is there a doorway out? look to the left, look to the

…you reach the top" "where's my connection,where's my protection where in the world is there a doorway out look to the left, look to the

…protection where in the world is there a doorway out look to the left, look to the right I'm looking for a genie in a bottle!!"…

One Night

By Example (2007)

On album We Didn't Invent The Remix (2007)

We Didn't Invent The Remix

…pillow as I stroked your ear And took one last sniff of your hair And then stared for a second and I turned as the doorway beckoned I never even…

…ever seen watching her my show I dropped the mic looked down from the stage and winked at you, you winked back You can't beat…

…knew the hand of the devil And you kept us awake with wolves Sharing different heartbeats In one night…

Pau-Puk-Keewis

By None

None

…guests assembled, He so merrily and madly Danced at Hiawatha's wedding, Danced the Beggar's Dance to please them.          Now, in

back, like a cricket.          "Once he leaped," said old Iagoo, "Once he leaped, and lo! above him Bent the sky, as ice in

… No one came to bid him welcome; But the birds were singing round it, In and out and round the doorway, Hopping, singing, fluttering…

The Scarlet Ibis (Part 4)

By James Hurst

James Hurst

…decided, Doodle could start to school. That winter we didn't make much progress, for I was in school and Doodle suffered from one bad…

…east, tipping over the oaks in the yard and splitting the limbs of the elm trees. That afternoon it roared back out of the west, blew the

…to die like this, in our yard, beneath the bleeding tree. "Let's finish lunch," Mama said, nudging us back toward the dining room…

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