* Master of Puppets by Metallica-Early pressings parody the " explicit lyrics " warnings of the time by warning that only one song ( Damage, Inc .) would use profanity.

Zappa wrote a " warning " which appeared on the inner sleeves of these albums, as well as Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention, which stated that the albums contained content " which a truly free society would neither fear nor suppress ", and a " guarantee " which stated that the lyrics would not " cause eternal torment in the place where the guy with the horns and pointed stick conducts his business.

It also featured lyrics that were quite raunchy for a pop album in a time before warning labels.

The song's lyrics feature Michael and Jermaine Jackson warning a " fast " girl to slow down and " stop!

The track and its accompanying video were banned in some regions due to its sexually risque lyrics and was one of several songs cited by Tipper Gore on her Filthy Fifteen list in her efforts to introduce mandatory warning labelling of explicit musical albums.

Zappa wrote a " warning " which appeared on the inner sleeves of these albums, as well as Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention, which stated that the albums contained content " which a truly free society would neither fear nor suppress ", and a " guarantee " which stated that the lyrics would not " cause eternal torment in the place where the guy with the horns and pointed stick conducts his business.

On the other hand, Steven Pinker has observed that mondegreen mishearings tend to be less plausible than the original lyrics, and that once a listener has " locked in " to a particular misheard interpretation of a song's lyrics, it can remain unquestioned, even when that plausibility becomes strained.

The creation of mondegreens may be driven in part by a phenomenon akin to cognitive dissonance, as the listener may find it psychologically uncomfortable to listen to a song and not be able to make out the words, particularly if the listener is fluent in the language of the lyrics.

The album received mixed reviews, with the lyrics being described as " tired " and " dull ", though critic Greil Marcus praised the musical complexity of the album by saying: " It carries the listener into a musical home so perfect and complete he or she might have forgotten that music could call up such a place, and then populate it with people, acts, wishes, fears.

The song's lyrics are self-referencing, explaining how the song came to be (" Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme song ") and asking what the listener thinks of it.

The album's lyrics describe the leader of the Carnival, who serves as one of the judges of one ’ s soul in the afterlife, as being created from the listener ’ s own evils.

Often when a song is played backwards, a listener will fail to notice the " hidden " lyrics until they are explicitly pointed out, after which they are obvious.

At the beginning of the track, a female voice explains that Beastie Boys have not allowed the recording of this song with the lyrics proposed by Def Con Dos ( explicit on drugs, sex and violence ), so DCD encourage the listener to sing the lyrics in the booklet.

They changed the lyrics of some of their old songs as to reflect their religious beliefs, particularly their old hits " Agúzate " ( where its old santería references gave way to references to the Holy Spirit ) and " Lluvia " ( where an innocuous reference to a fool getting caught in the rain became a suggesting petition for the listener to convert to Christianity ).

The end of the ' Big Trouble in Little Asia ' not only shares the theme of “ ghetto tales ” of gangsta rap, but also suggests that although the narrative may not directly apply to the listener, its lyrics tell a story of social significance and deserves reflection.

A haunting melodic guitar riff and jazzy Hip-Hop beat carry the listener, and the rising tempo — syncopated by Reggae breaks — increasingly intensifies the message .” One of their popular song lyrics reads, “ Your corrupt culture makes my rich culture look poor, I ’ m trying to learn more about my past, I ’ m fighting to make my culture last …” The Hustlers HC is trying to make a change where they are in the world any way they can.

Their main goal is to entertain the listener and themselves ; most of the lyrics concern topics such as alcohol, sex, women, the status quo, etc.

Lead singer Pete Rivera offers an excuse for the lack of lyrics (" you see, we didn't have time to write none ") and urges to the listener to " get it!

Their songs are generally seen as simply and expertly arranged, so that the attention of the listener automatically is drawn to the lyrics.

On the next page, the lyrics are shown, giving the listener the details behind the story.

The lyrics inform us that despite his outward appearances, things are much different " behind these cold eyes " and that if the listener wants to know what's really going on with Pink, he'll " just have to claw your way through this disguise ".

Mary Mary ( pictured ) co-wrote and feature on " So Glad ". Generally, the album consists of urban contemporary gospel music containing elements of R & B, neo-soul and traditional black gospel music, with inspirational lyrics about building, maintaining and appreciating a relationship with God which also encourage the listener that " everything is going to work out fine ".

The chorus moves into more melodic territory, but the banality of the lyrics (' And the love vibration / You make me feel / You make me shine ') coupled with the dance beat " drums " leave the listener disengaged.

The lyrics deal with Madonna making the listener remember that " Everybody is a Star " and that if one wants to be famous and be under the " Spotlight ", the person should sing about it and reality may catch up with him or her.

The lyrics are backed by a " cartoonish " beat: one of several Dr. Dre productions on The Eminem Show which, according to CultureDose writer Marty Brown, affords Eminem a " perfect sound-scape " to inspire emotions in the listener, calling the beat " a launchpad equally effective for humor or anger ".

" The Thin Ice " introduces Pink as a baby and young child, and while the lyrics assure the listener that " Mama loves her baby, and Daddy loves you, too ", it warns that " he sea may look warm ... the sky may look blue ", but " Don't be surprised if a crack in the ice / Appears under your feet ".

He was brought in as a songwriter for Ozzy Osbourne's 1991 No More Tears album, providing lyrics for the tracks " Hellraiser ", ( which Motörhead would later record themselves and release a single ), " Desire ", " I Don't Want to Change the World " and the single " Mama I'm Coming Home ".

* 2008 – Legacy – Girlschool album – Don't Talk to Me vocals, bass, triangle and lyrics.

But she drifted back to songwriting and occasional recording sessions for the fledgling Capitol Records in 1947, for whom she produced a long string of hits, many of them with lyrics and music by Lee and Barbour, including " I Don't Know Enough About You " and " It's a Good Day " ( 1948 ).

De Meyer came to write most of the lyrics and Valerie Jane Steele also wrote several tracks including " Don't Crash ".

The song tells of disappointment, as the lyrics, " Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky ", show someone pining for her man to return.

According to Lee Server's biography ( Robert Mitchum: Baby, I Don't Care ), Mitchum put a talent for poetry to work writing song lyrics and monologues for his sister Julie's nightclub performances.

In order to meet Norman's hospital bills, in November 2002 Solid Rock Records began releasing the Essential Series on CD-R, a set of seven Norman albums, with 142 songs ( including 16 previously unreleased songs ), which comprised: Instigator, which included rough mix versions of two previously unreleased songs, " Butterfly " and " Kulderachna ", both removed from 1973's So Long Ago the Garden ; Agitator, which included three unreleased bonus tracks, " Sweet Silver Angels ", " God, Part 2 ", and " People In My Past "; Liberator, which included songs that were aimed at " liberating Christians who felt trapped inside the church and also providing a cultural doorway to allow those who felt dismissed and isolated by Christianity to find their way into fellowship with Christ regardless of the church's response toward them "; Collaborator, which featured songs representing " the combined efforts of Charles and Larry from lyrics and melodies to arrangements and production ", including three unreleased songs: " Perfect World ", " Don't Wanna Be Like You ", and " Jesus Is God ", recorded about 2000 ; Emancipator, included two unreleased songs of Norman singing with Randy Stonehill: a Christian version of the folk song " He Was a Friend of Mine ", which had been popularized by The Byrds and Bob Dylan, which was re-titled " He is a Friend of Mine ", and " I Love You ", the song Stonehill and Norman co-wrote in 1971 for Stonehill's Born Twice album ; Infiltrator, which sees love as " the most powerful infiltrator in the world ", is a collection of Norman's love songs, and includes two new releases: a cover of David Noble's " Waves of Grace ", and " Stranger, Won't You Change "; and Survivor, included the full 8-minute version of " Dark Passage ", an unreleased third verse of " Baby Out of Wedlock ", and " One Star Remains ", which is Judee Sill's " My Man On Love " from her 1971 eponymous debut album.

He wrote the lyrics and music for most of the Dr. Hook songs, including " The Cover of the Rolling Stone ", " Freakin ' at the Freakers ' Ball ," " Sylvia's Mother ", " The Things I Didn't Say " and a cautionary song about venereal disease, " Don't Give a Dose to the One You Love Most ".

During the latter number, Rowlf attempts to help Fozzie with his singing but is finally reduced to changing the hapless bear's lyrics to " I Don't Got Rhythm.

Their debut single "( We Don't Need This ) Fascist Groove Thang " attracted some attention and, due to its overtly left-wing political lyrics, was banned by BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read ( who is a staunch supporter of the Conservative Party ), and neither this nor any other of the four singles taken from the band's debut album Penthouse and Pavement managed to reach the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart.

The band also often name-checks drinks, typically alcoholic, in their songs: rum and cokes (" Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More "), piña coladas (" Bad Sneakers "), zombies (" Haitian Divorce "), black cows (" Black Cow "), Scotch whisky (" Deacon Blues "), retsina (" Home at Last "), grapefruit wine (" FM "), cherry wine (" Time Out of Mind "), Jose Cuervo Gold Tequila (" Hey Nineteen ") and kirschwasser (" Babylon Sisters ") are all mentioned in Steely Dan lyrics.

" Don't Let's Start "' s lyrics include a number of dark, pointed statements as " everybody dies frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful ," John Linnell has repeatedly insisted that some of its lyrical twists, though pondered extensively by fans, were constructed to complement the melody and are not always meaningful.

In 1977, Diamond released I'm Glad You're Here With Me Tonight, including " You Don't Bring Me Flowers ", for which he composed the music and collaborated with Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman on lyrics.

Carmichael's war time songs ( most with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster ) included " My Christmas Song for You ", " Don't Forget to Say ' No ' Baby ", " Billy-a-Dick ", " The Army of Hippocrates ", " Cranky Old Yank ", " Eager Beaver ", " No More Toujours l ' Amour ", " Morning Glory ", and the never completed " Hitler Blues ".

Noel has said he sometimes does not understand his own lyrics, commenting in 2005 that " when I'm halfway through ' Don't Look Back in Anger ' I say to myself.

The lyrics of " Don't Go Away Mad ( Just Go Away )" feature a reference to a previous song by the band, " Too Young to Fall in Love ".

Van Dyke sang those lyrics on the October 23, 2010 edition of the NPR show Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me !.

The second version was produced by Arista Records and had both a different shade of orange shirt and a different version of track 4 " Easy Mark ", recorded with a completely alternate tempo and lyrics altered due to their similarity with the song " Don't Stop Believin '" by Journey.

** Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope – Book, music, and lyrics by Micki Grant

Julian Cope's 1988 album Autogeddon contains a song called " Don't Call Me Mark Chapman " whose lyrics suggest it is told from the point of view of Lennon's murderer.

The lyrics are in the second person, with each two-line verse setting a scene of alienation and despair, and the chorus repeating the title of the song, with slight variations such as: "... / Don't you need somebody to love?

The lyrics would eventually become songs such as " Green Heaven " and " True Men Don't Kill Coyotes ", and the band's concert repertoire quickly grew to nine songs as a result of months of playing local nightclubs and bars.

The theme song, " Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow ", was written by Dave Grusin and Morgan Ames ; initially an instrumental, lyrics were added in later seasons that were sung by Sammy Davis, Jr. Every episode of Baretta began with the song, which contained the motto, " Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

Demos with his lyrics include " Don't Look Past Me ," the final verse of " To Live Forever ' 94 ," " A Vision ," " Vital Star ," and " Two Far.

" According to Portnoy, Queensrÿche guitarist Mike Stone tried giving John Petrucci tips on playing guitar, leading Petrucci to write the lyrics: " Don't tell me what's in, tell me how to write ".