You swore you'd never compromise With the mystery tramp, but now you realise He's not selling any alibis As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes And say, do you want to make a deal How does it feel

The song was there before me, before I came along. I just sorta came down and just sorta took it down with a pencil, but it was there before I came around.

In this age of fiberglass, I'm searching for a gem.

Mothers tell your children not to do the things I have done, to spend my life in sin and misery in the House of the Rising Sun.

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

If I had wings, no one would ask me: should I fly?

I find C major to be the key of strength, but also the key of regret. E major is the key of confidence. A-flat major is the key of renunciation.