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* [[I Will Wait for You]]: Subverted in ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63fwojdvwn8 Dream to Live]''. First, its told from the guy's perspective, who tried to make his fortune in Boston. Second, he hopes desperately that she is still waiting for him... until she lets him down in the letter. He ends up moving on and starting a family of his own, but is left wondering "what if". |
* [[I Will Wait for You]]: Subverted in ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63fwojdvwn8 Dream to Live]''. First, its told from the guy's perspective, who tried to make his fortune in Boston. Second, he hopes desperately that she is still waiting for him... until she lets him down in the letter. He ends up moving on and starting a family of his own, but is left wondering "what if". |
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* [[Libation for The Dead]]: "The Night That Pat Murphy Died". |
* [[Libation for The Dead]]: "The Night That Pat Murphy Died". |
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* [[Long-Distance Relationship]]: "Boston and St. John's" |
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{{quote| It's true I must be going, but I swear I won't be long<br /> |
{{quote| It's true I must be going, but I swear I won't be long<br /> |
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There isn't that much ocean between Boston and St. John's<br /> |
There isn't that much ocean between Boston and St. John's<br /> |
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* [[Motor Mouth]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OENjixZd_Oo "It's The End of the World As We Know It"], which is a minute and a half shorter than the original without skipping any of the words and even adding an extra chorus at the start. |
* [[Motor Mouth]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OENjixZd_Oo "It's The End of the World As We Know It"], which is a minute and a half shorter than the original without skipping any of the words and even adding an extra chorus at the start. |
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** And [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHgIJAQbH14&feature=fvw "Mari-Mac"], which gets faster and faster and faster as the song progresses: even the instruments can hardly keep up with the hair-raising speed, let alone the singers. |
** And [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHgIJAQbH14&feature=fvw "Mari-Mac"], which gets faster and faster and faster as the song progresses: even the instruments can hardly keep up with the hair-raising speed, let alone the singers. |
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* [[One-Woman Song]]: "Sally Anne", "Penelope", "Margarita". |
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* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful]]: In "John Barbour" a princess has gotten pregnant. When the king finds out that the father, John Barbour, isn't nobility, he plans to have him killed. But when the king sees how incredibly handsome the father is ("If I were a woman as I am a man, [[Even the Guys Want Him|my bedfellow you would be]]"), the king gives him the princess's hand in marriage, and offers to let him "take charge of all my lands." |
* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful]]: In "John Barbour" a princess has gotten pregnant. When the king finds out that the father, John Barbour, isn't nobility, he plans to have him killed. But when the king sees how incredibly handsome the father is ("If I were a woman as I am a man, [[Even the Guys Want Him|my bedfellow you would be]]"), the king gives him the princess's hand in marriage, and offers to let him "take charge of all my lands." |
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* [[Shotgun Wedding]]: "Hit the Ground and Run" (co-written with Russell Crowe) tells the story of a poor boy who finds himself in this situation. |
* [[Shotgun Wedding]]: "Hit the Ground and Run" (co-written with Russell Crowe) tells the story of a poor boy who finds himself in this situation. |
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