Song Lyrics featuring Figurative Language – Flashcards
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"This time, This place Misused, Mistakes Too long, Too late" "Far Away" by Nickelback
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"She's like a song played again and again" "Replay" by Sean Kingston
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"You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes" "Thriller" by Michael Jackson
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"You would not believe your eyes If ten million fireflies Lit up the world as I fell asleep" "Fireflies" by Owl City
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"Tick! Tock! on the clock but the party don't stop" "Tik Tok" by Ke$sha
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"Steady as a preacher Free as a weed" "American Honey" by Lady Antebellum
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"Cause you know I'd walk A thousand miles If I could just see you Tonight" "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton
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"Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance, five-hour phone conversation" "Drops of Jupiter" by Train
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" You make me smile like the sun Fall out of bed, sing like a bird Dizzy in my head, spin like a record Crazy on a Sunday night" "Simile" by Uncle Kracker
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"You see the hate that they servin' on a platter So what we gonna have, dessert or disaster?" "Knock You Down" by Keri Hilson
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"That you were Romeo You were throwing pebbles And my dad said Stay away from Juliet" "Love Story" by Taylor Swift
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"Smooth as a hickory wind That blow from Memphis Down to Apalachicola" Southern Voice by Tim McGraw
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"Imagine a dirt road full of potholes, with a creek bank and some cane poles catching channel cat" "A Little More Country Than That" by Easton Corbin
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"The truth comes out a little at a time And it spreads just like a fire Slips off of your tongue like turpentine" "White Liar" by Miranda Lambert
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"I got that boom, boom, boom That future boom, boom, boom" "Boom Boom Pow" by The Black Eyed Peas
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"You are the thunder, and I am the lighting" "Naturally" by Selena Gomez
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"I search around the world But I can't seem to find Someone to love" "Somebody to Love" by Leighton Meester
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"I can't even fall for some other man Cause brother man You know how to get hip to my heart" "Hip to My Heart" by The Band Perry
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"When I met you girl, My heart went Knock! Knock! "One Time" by Justin Bieber
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"You could be a sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare Either way I don't want to wake up from you" "Sweet Dreams" by Beyonce
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"I've been awake for a while now You got me feelin' like a child now" "Bubbly" by Colbie Caillat
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"Our hearts are hungry for a food that won't come" "Live Like We're Dying" by Kris Allen
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"A thousands times before I've wondered if there's something more Something more" "Rain" by Creed
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"I just wanted to take this in, The moonlight dancin' off your skin" "History in the Making" by Darius Ruckers
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"She's a Saturn with a sunroof With her brown hair a-blowing She's a soft place to land And a good feeling knowing She's a warm conversation That I wouldn't miss for nothing She's a fighter when she's mad And she's a lover when she's loving" "She's Everything" by Brad Paisley
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"Little darling, It's been a long cold lonely winter" "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles
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"Who let the dogs out? Woof, woof, woof, woof!" "Who Let the Dogs Out" by The Baha Men
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"I just saw Halley's Comet, she waved Said why are you always running in place?" "Second Chance" by Shinedown
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"I need you like a heart needs a beat" "Apologize" by One Republic ft. Timbaland
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"I'm fighting for this girl On a battlefield of love: "Down" by Jay Sean
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"Beep, beep, beep, beep! Who got the keys to the Jeep? Vrooooooom!: "Beep Beep" by Timbaland & Magoo ft. Missy Elliot
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"This one goes out to the man who mines for miracles" "We weren't Born to Follow" by Bon Jovi
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"...he's candy-coated misery, he's a devil in disguise, a snake with blue eyes" "Cowboy Casanova" by Carrie Underwood
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"The last time we talked The night that I walked Burns like an iron in the back of my mind" "Life After You" by Chris Daughtry
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"One day Justice will come and find you And I'll be right there in your memory to remind you" "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You" by Kellie Pickler
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"But you put on quite a show Really had me goin' But now it's time to go Curtain's finally closin' That was quite a show Very entertainin' But it's over now Go on and take a bow" "Take a Bow" by Rihanna
