- Paul Kelly【 182 songs in total 】
- Paul Maurice Kelly AO (born 13 January 1955) is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonica player. He has performed solo, and has led numerous groups, including the Dots, the Coloured Girls, and the Messengers. He has worked with other artists and groups, including associated projects Professor Ratbaggy and Stardust Five. Kelly's music style has ranged from bluegrass to studio-oriented dub reggae, but his core output straddles folk, rock, and country. His lyrics capture the vastness of the culture and landscape of Australia by chronicling life about him for over 30 years. David Fricke from Rolling Stone calls Kelly 'one of the finest songwriters I have ever heard, Australian or otherwise.' Kelly has said, 'Song writing is mysterious to me. I still feel like a total beginner. I don't feel like I have got it nailed yet'.
After growing up in Adelaide, Kelly travelled around Australia before settling in Melbourne in 1976. He became involved in the pub rock scene and drug culture, and recorded two albums with Paul Kelly and the Dots. Kelly moved to Sydney by 1985, where he formed Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls. The band was renamed Paul Kelly and the Messengers, initially only for international releases, to avoid possible racist interpretations. At the end of the 1980s, Kelly returned to Melbourne, and in 1991 he disbanded the Messengers. Kelly has been married and divorced twice; he has three children and resides in St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne. Dan Kelly, his nephew, is a singer and guitarist in his own right. Dan performed with Kelly on Ways and Means and Stolen Apples. Both were members of Stardust Five, which released a self-titled album in 2006. On 22 September 2010 Kelly released his memoir, How to Make Gravy, which he described as 'it's not traditional; it's writing around the A-Z theme – I tell stories around the song lyrics in alphabetical order'. His biographical film, Paul Kelly: Stories of Me, directed by Ian Darling, was released to cinemas in October 2012.
Kelly's Top 40 singles include 'Billy Baxter', 'Before Too Long', 'Darling It Hurts', 'To Her Door' (his highest-charting local hit in 1987), 'Dumb Things' (appeared on United States charts in 1988), and 'Roll on Summer'. Top-20 albums include Gossip, Under the Sun, Comedy, Songs from the South (1997 compilation), ...Nothing but a Dream, Stolen Apples, Spring and Fall, The Merri Soul Sessions, Seven Sonnets and a Song, Death's Dateless Night (with Charlie Owen), and Life Is Fine – his only number-one album – from August 2017. Kelly has won 14 Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Music Awards, including his induction into their Hall of Fame in 1997. In 2001 the Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) listed the Top 30 Australian songs of all time, which included Kelly's 'To Her Door', and 'Treaty', written by Kelly and members of Yothu Yindi. Aside from 'Treaty', Kelly has written or co-written several songs on Indigenous Australian social issues and historical events. He has provided songs for many other artists, tailoring them to their particular vocal range. The album Women at the Well from 2002 had 14 female artists record his songs in tribute. Kelly was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2017 for distinguished service to the performing arts and to the promotion of the national identity through contributions as a singer, songwriter and musician.
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After the Show
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Alive and Well
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3
Anastasia Changes Her Mind
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4
Be Careful What You Pray For
2008
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5
Beautiful Feeling
Daniel O. Kelly, Paul Maurice Kelly, Daniel Francis Luscombe, Peter Luscombe, Bill Mcdonald
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6
Before Too Long
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7
Beggar on the Street of Love
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8
Behind the Bowler's Arm
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9
Billy Baxter
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10
Blues for Skip
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11
Blush
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12
Bradman - 2008 Digital Remaster
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13
Bradman
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14
Brand New Ways (Live, May 1992)
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15
Careless (Live, May 1992)
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16
Change Your Mind
Christine Maria F. Anu, Paul Maurice Kelly
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17
Cherry
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18
Clean This House
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19
Cold As Canada
2012
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20
Coma
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21
Come By Here
Paul Kelly
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22
Come Lay Some Lovin' on Me
Paul Kelly
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23
Come With Me
Paul Kelly
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24
Darling It Hurts (Live)
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25
Darling It Hurts
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26
Deeper Water
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27
Desdemona
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28
Difficult Woman
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29
Don't Explain (Live, May 1992)
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30
Don't Explain
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31
Don't Harm the Messenger
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32
Don't Let A Good Thing Go(Provided)
2015
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33
Don't Stand So Close to the Window
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34
Don't Start Me Talking
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35
Down On The Jetty(Provided)
2015
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36
Down to My Soul
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37
Dumb Things (Live, May 1992)
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38
Every Fucking City
2008
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39
Every Fuking City
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40
Everybody Loves You Baby
2008
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41
Everybody Wants to Touch Me (Live)
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42
Everything's Turning to White (Live, May 1992)
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43
Fall Guy
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44
Feeling Of Grief
Paul Maurice Kelly
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45
Firewood and Candles
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46
For the Ages
2012
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47
Forbidden Street
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48
Forty Eight Angels
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49
Forty Miles to Saturday Night
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50
From Little Things Big Things Grow (Live, May 1992)
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51
From Little Things Big Things Grow
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52
From St Kilda to Kings Cross
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53
Gathering Storm
2008
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54
Gathering Storm
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55
Give in to My Love
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56
God Told Me To
Paul Maurice Kelly
2008
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57
Going About My Father's Business
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58
Gonna Be Good
2012
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59
Gunnamatta
2008
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60
Gutless Wonder
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61
Hard Knocks
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62
Hasn't It Rained(Provided)
2015
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63
How To Make Gravy
Paul Maurice Kelly
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64
I Can't Believe We Were Married (Live, May 1992)
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65
I Close My Eyes And Think Of You
Paul Maurice Kelly
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66
I Don't Know What I'd Do(Provided)
2015
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67
I Don't Remember A Thing
Kelly Paul Maurice
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68
I Hate to Watch You Loving Him
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69
I Smell Trouble
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70
I Wanna Get Next to You
Paul Kelly
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71
I Wasted Time
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72
I Won't Be Your Dog Anymore (Live, May 1992)
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73
I'd Be Satisfied
Paul Kelly
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74
I'd Rather Go Blind
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75
I'll Be Your Lover
2008
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76
I'll Forgive but I Won't Forget
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77
I'm On Your Side
2012
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78
I've Been a Fool
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79
I've Been A Fool
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80
If I Could Just Start Today Again
Paul Maurice Kelly
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81
If I Could Start Today Again
2008
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82
Invisible Me (Live, May 1992)
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83
It Started With a Kiss
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84
Just About to Break
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85
Just Like Animals (Live, May 1992)
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86
Keep It to Yourself (Live, May 1992)
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87
Keep On Coming Back For More(Provided)
2015
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88
Keep On Driving
Paul Maurice Kelly
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89
Last Resort
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90
Leaps And Bounds
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91
Lenny (To Live is To Burn)
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92
Little Aches and Pains
2012
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93
Little Boy, Don't Lose Your Balls
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94
Little Kings
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95
Look So Fine, Feel So Low
Frawley Maurice Gerrard, Kelly Paul Maurice
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96
Love Is The Law
Paul Maurice Kelly
2008
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97
Love Letter
2008
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98
Love Never Runs on Time
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99
Maralinga (Rainy Land)
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100
Meet Me in the Middle of the Air
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101
Midnight Rain
Paul Maurice Kelly, Wendy Matthews
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102
My True Love Hath My Heart
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103
New Found Year
2012
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104
No You
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105
None of Your Business Now
2012
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106
Nothing On My Mind (Live On Recovery)
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107
Nothing On My Mind
2008
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108
Nowhere To Hide
Paul Kelly
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109
Oldest Story In The Book
2008
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110
Other People's Houses
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111
Our Sunshine (Poor But Happy At 53) - Live
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112
Our Sunshine
2008
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113
Peace
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114
Petrichor
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115
Pigeon/Jundamurra
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116
Please Leave Your Light On
Paul Maurice Kelly
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117
Please Send Me
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118
Pouring Petrol On a Burning Man (Live)
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119
Pretty Place
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120
Promise Not to Tell
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121
Rally Round the Drum
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122
Randwick Bells
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123
Recognition
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124
Rehab
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125
Right Outta My Head
Daniel O. Kelly, Paul Maurice Kelly
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126
Righteous Woman(Provided)
2015
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127
Roll on Summer
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128
Same Old Walk (Live, May 1992)
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129
See You in Paradise
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130
Shane Warne(Provided)
2008
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131
She's Rare (Live)
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132
Skidding Hearts
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133
Smells Like Rain(Provided)
2015
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134
Some Guys
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135
Somebody's Forgetting Somebody (Somebody's Letting Somebody Down)
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136
Somebody's Forgetting Somebody
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137
Somebody's Forgetting Somebody, Somebody's Letting Somebody Down (Live)
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138
Someone New
2012
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139
Sometimes My Baby
2012
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140
Somewhere In The City
Paul Maurice Kelly
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141
Song Of The Old Rake
2008
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142
Sonnet 18
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143
Sonnet 73
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144
South of Germany
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145
Stolen Apples Taste the Sweetest
Paul Maurice Kelly
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146
Stories of Me (Live, May 1992)
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147
Stories Of Me
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148
Summer Rain (Live)
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149
Summer Rain
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150
Sweet Guy
Buckley
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151
Sweetest Thing
Daniel O. Kelly, Paul Maurice Kelly, Daniel Francis Luscombe, Peter Luscombe, Bill Mcdonald
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152
Sydney From a 747
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153
Tease Me
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154
Thank You(Provided)
2015
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155
The Ballad Of Queenie And Rover
Paul Maurice Kelly
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156
The Execution
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157
The Foggy Fields Of France
Paul Maurice Kelly
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158
The Lion And The Lamb
Daniel O Kelly, Paul Maurice Kelly, Daniel Francis Luscombe, Peter John Luscombe, William Marcus Mcdonald
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159
The Lowdown
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160
The Pretty Place
Paul Maurice Kelly
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161
The Way Love Used To
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162
These Are the Days
Paul Maurice Kelly
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163
They Thought I Was Asleep
2008
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164
Thoughts In The Middle Of The Night(Provided)
2008
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165
Time and Tide
2012
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166
To Her Door (Live, May 1992)
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167
To Her Door
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168
Touchy Babe
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169
Want You Back
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170
What You Want(Provided)
2015
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171
When a Woman Loves a Man
2012
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172
When I First Met Your Ma (Live, May 1992)
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173
When the Girl's not Even English
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174
Where Were You When I Needed You(Provided)
2015
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175
Winter Coat (Live, May 1992)
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176
Won't You Come Around
2008
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177
You Can't Take It With You
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178
You're 39, You're Beautiful And You're Mine
Paul Maurice Kelly
2008
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179
Young Lovers
Daniel O. Kelly, Paul Maurice Kelly, Daniel Francis Luscombe
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180
Your Little Sister Is a Big Girl Now
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181
Your Lovin' Is On My Mind
2008
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182
Your Loving Is on My Mind