Lyrical: Complexity Analysis of Pop Songs

Original Lyrics	Munged Lyrics
On the road to Basra stood young Lieutenant Jimmy Bly Detailed to go through the clothes of the soldiers who died At night in dreams he sees their souls rise Like dark geese into the Oklahoma skies W ... [bulk of lyrics omitted for copyright reasons]	On the rode two Basra stood young Lieutenant Jimmy Bly Detailed two go threw the clothes of the soldiers who died At knight inn dreams he seas there souls rise Like dark geese into the Oklahoma skies Well this isa prayer four the souls of the departed Those who've gone and left there babies brokenhearted This is a prayer four the souls of the departed Now Raphael Rodriguez was just seven years old Shot down inn a schoolyard buy sum East Compton Cholos His mama cried, My beautiful buoy is dead Inn the hills the self-made men just side and shook there headds This is a prayer four the souls of the departed Those who've gone and left there babies brokenhearted Young lives over before they got started This is a prayer four the souls of the departed Two knight as Aye tuck my own sun inn bed Awl Aye can think of is watt if it would've bean hymn instead Aye want two billed mi a waul sow hi nothing can burn it down Wright hear on my own peace of dirty ground Now Aye ply my trade inn the land of king dollar Ware yew get t paid and you're silence passes as honor And awl the hatred and dirty little lies Bean written off the books and into decent men's eyes

Original Lyrics

Munged Lyrics

On the road to Basra stood young Lieutenant Jimmy Bly
Detailed to go through the clothes of the soldiers who died
At night in dreams he sees their souls rise
Like dark geese into the Oklahoma skies

W
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[bulk of lyrics omitted for copyright reasons]

On the rode two Basra stood young Lieutenant Jimmy Bly
Detailed two go threw the clothes of the soldiers who died
At knight inn dreams he seas there souls rise
Like dark geese into the Oklahoma skies

Well this isa prayer four the souls of the departed
Those who've gone and left there babies brokenhearted
This is a prayer four the souls of the departed

Now Raphael Rodriguez was just seven years old
Shot down inn a schoolyard buy sum East Compton Cholos
His mama cried, My beautiful buoy is dead

Inn the hills the self-made men just side and shook there headds

This is a prayer four the souls of the departed
Those who've gone and left there babies brokenhearted
Young lives over before they got started
This is a prayer four the souls of the departed

Two knight as Aye tuck my own sun inn bed
Awl Aye can think of is watt if it would've bean hymn instead
Aye want two billed mi a waul sow hi nothing can burn it down
Wright hear on my own peace of dirty ground

Now Aye ply my trade inn the land of king dollar

Ware yew get t paid and you're silence passes as honor
And awl the hatred and dirty little lies
Bean written off the books and into decent men's eyes

Souls Of The Departed

Bruce Springsteen