SONG ENDINGS
TITLES ~ AT THE END OF THE SONG ~ ONLY
songs in popular music where the title of the song
is never mentioned until the very last words

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this growing list is in date (year release) order
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"Boots of Spanish Leather" by Bob Dylan
Album: The Times They Are A-Changin'
Date: 1964
Charts: - -
Last 4 lines:
So take heed, take heed of the western wind,
Take heed of the stormy weather.
And yes, there's something you can send back to me,
Spanish boots of Spanish leather.
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"Virginia Plain" by Roxy Music
Album: Roxy Music
Track Release: 1972
Charts: U.K. No. 4.
Last 4 lines:
And where my Studebaker takes me
That's where I'll make my stand but wait
Can't you see that Holzer mane?
What's her name, Virginia Plain?
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"Pigs on the Wing (Part One)" by Pink Floyd
Album: Animals
Date: 1972
Charts: - -
Last 4 lines:
We would zig zag our way through the boredom and pain
Occasionally glancing up through the rain.
Wondering which of the buggars to blame
And watching for pigs on the wing.
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"Pigs on the Wing (Part Two)" by Pink Floyd
Album: Animals
Date: 1972
Charts: - -
Last 4 lines:
Now that I've found somewhere safe
To bury my bone.
And any fool knows a dog needs a home,
A shelter from pigs on the wing.
"Pigs on the Wing" part one & two are recorded as different songs on the album, but could be classed as one song.
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"Up The Junction" by Squeeze
Album: Cool For Cats
Track Release: 1978
Charts: U.K. No.4.
Last 4 lines:
And she won't write a letter
Although I always tell her
And so its my assumption
Im really up the junction
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"The Rose" by Bette Midler
Album: The Rose Soundtrack
Track Release: 1980
Charts: US Pop No.3 US AC No.1
Last 5 lines:
Just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed that with the sun's love
in the spring
becomes the rose
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"Like A Baby" by Wham!
Album: Make It Big
Date: 1984
Charts: - -
Last 4 lines:
I saw something in your face
Stay here, beside me, I need your love to hide me
You lied, and now you've gone away
You left me crying' like a baby .. Like a baby
Technically .. right or wrong?? but near enough!
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"Manhattan Skyline" by A-Ha
Album: Scoundrel Days
Track Release: 1987
Charts: U.K No. 13.
Last 4 lines:
A chance of a lifetime to see new horizons
On the front page
A black and white picture
Of Manhattan Skyline
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"One More Try" by George Michael
Album: Faith
Track Release: 1987
Charts: U.K No. 8. ~ U.S No. 1.
Last 5 lines:
Because there ain't no joy
For an uptown boy
Who just isn't willing to try
I'm so cold inside
Maybe just one more try
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"Running To Stand Still" by U2
Album: Joshua Tree
Date: 1987
Charts: - -
Last 4 lines:
She is raging, she is raging
And the storm blows up in her eyes
She will suffer the needle chill
She is running to stand still
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"Our Mutual Friend" by Divine Comedy
Album: Absent Friends
Date: 2004
Chart: - -
Last 4 lines:
I stumbled out to find the bathroom
But all I found was her
Wrapped around another lover.
No longer then is he our mutual friend.
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