Summary
RING OF FIRE (JOHNNY CASH): Has there ever been a greater metaphor for the pleasure and pain of true love? Written by the Man in Black's future bride, it's a powerful paean to loving so hard it hurts.
IN MY LIFE (THE BEATLES): There's a level of lyrical abstraction at work here that makes it impossible to determine whether the love extolled in this Lennon/McCartney classic is romantic or all- encompassing. Either way, it must be powerful, because this is a song of the very rarest beauty.See the full content of this document
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Songs of Love
LET'S STAY TOGETHER (AL GREEN): Smooth, sexy and unapologetically earnest, this is super '70s soul of the highest order. I mean, Mr. Green sets it all right out there in the very first line: I am so in love with you. ...
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