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In our 25th episode of this series, we're sharing some of our favorite song lyrics. I love parsing lyrics along with the harmonies and orchestrations...and this was a really lovely extended listen.

We've got 8 songs that have emerged from about 80 submissions. I hope you enjoy!

Traffic - John Barleycorn

Steely Dan - The Royal Scam

Rush - Roll the Bones

Kate Bush - The Man with the Child in His Eyes

Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

The Beatles - In My Life

The Police - Synchronicity II

Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer

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Our Favorite Song Lyrics - Fan Favorites Episode 25

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Jeff Norman

The piano in "In My Life" was played at half-speed not because Martin couldn't play it at speed but expressly to give it that unusual, harpsichord-like timbre.

Jeff Norman

You know that trumpet theme they used to play (or maybe still do) on TV broadcasts of the Olympics? Listen to that pedal steel solo in "The Boxer" again: the first few notes quote that theme. Some killer irony there.