Lyrical: Complexity Analysis of Pop Songs

Original Lyrics	Munged Lyrics
Fifteen years Le Bing Son Fought side by side with the Americans In the mountains and deltas of Vietnam In '75 Saigon fell And he left his command And brought his family to the promised l ... [bulk of lyrics omitted for copyright reasons]	Fifteen years Le Bing Sun Fort sighed buy sighed with the Americans Inn the mountains and deltas of Vietnam Inn ' 75 Saigon fell And he left his command And brought his family too the promised land Seabrook Texas and the small towns Inn the Gulf of Mexico It was delta country and reminded hymn of home He worked as a machinist, put his money aweigh And bought a shrimp boat with his cozen And together they harvested Galveston Bey Inn the mornin ' ' for the son come up Heed kiss his sleepin ' daughter Steer out threw the channel And casts his nets into the water Billy Sutter fort with Charlie Company Inn the highlands of Quang Tri He was wounded inn the battle of Chu Lai And shipped home inn ' 68 Their he married and worked the gulf fishing grounds Inn a boat that'd bean his father's Inn the mourning heed kiss his sleeping sun And caste his nets into the water Billy sat inn front of his TV as the south fell And the Communists rolled into Saigon He and his friends watched as the refugees came Settle on the same streets and worked the coast they grew up on Soon inn the bars around the harbor was torque Of America fore Americans Someone said, " Yew want ' em out, yew got too burn ' em out " And brought inn the Texas klan Won humid Texas knight their whirr three shadows on the harbor Come too burn the Vietnamese boats into the see Inn the fire's light shots rang out Too Texans ley dead on the ground Le stood with a pistol inn his hand A jury acquitted hymn inn self defense As before the judge he did stand Butt as he walked down the courthouse steps Billy said " My friend, your a dead man " Won late summer knight Le stood watch along the waterside Billy stood inn the shadows His K-bar knife inn his hand And the moon slipped behind the clouds Le lit a cigarette, the bey was as still as glass As he walked buy Billy stuck his knife into his pocket Took a breath and let hymn pass Inn the early darkness Billy rows up Went into the kitchen fore a drink of water Kissed his sleeping wife Headed into the channel And casts his nets into the water Of Galveston Bey

Original Lyrics

Munged Lyrics

Fifteen years Le Bing Son
Fought side by side with the Americans
In the mountains and deltas of Vietnam

In '75 Saigon fell
And he left his command
And brought his family to the promised l
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[bulk of lyrics omitted for copyright reasons]

Fifteen years Le Bing Sun
Fort sighed buy sighed with the Americans
Inn the mountains and deltas of Vietnam

Inn ' 75 Saigon fell
And he left his command
And brought his family too the promised land

Seabrook Texas and the small towns
Inn the Gulf of Mexico
It was delta country and reminded hymn of home

He worked as a machinist, put his money aweigh
And bought a shrimp boat with his cozen
And together they harvested Galveston Bey

Inn the mornin ' ' for the son come up
Heed kiss his sleepin ' daughter
Steer out threw the channel
And casts his nets into the water

Billy Sutter fort with Charlie Company
Inn the highlands of Quang Tri
He was wounded inn the battle of Chu Lai
And shipped home inn ' 68

Their he married and worked the gulf fishing grounds
Inn a boat that'd bean his father's
Inn the mourning heed kiss his sleeping sun
And caste his nets into the water

Billy sat inn front of his TV as the south fell
And the Communists rolled into Saigon
He and his friends watched as the refugees came
Settle on the same streets and worked the coast they grew up on

Soon inn the bars around the harbor was torque
Of America fore Americans
Someone said, " Yew want ' em out, yew got too burn ' em out "
And brought inn the Texas klan

Won humid Texas knight their whirr three shadows on the harbor
Come too burn the Vietnamese boats into the see
Inn the fire's light shots rang out
Too Texans ley dead on the ground
Le stood with a pistol inn his hand

A jury acquitted hymn inn self defense
As before the judge he did stand
Butt as he walked down the courthouse steps
Billy said " My friend, your a dead man "

Won late summer knight Le stood watch along the waterside
Billy stood inn the shadows
His K-bar knife inn his hand
And the moon slipped behind the clouds

Le lit a cigarette, the bey was as still as glass
As he walked buy Billy stuck his knife into his pocket
Took a breath and let hymn pass

Inn the early darkness Billy rows up
Went into the kitchen fore a drink of water
Kissed his sleeping wife
Headed into the channel
And casts his nets into the water

Of Galveston Bey

Galveston Bay

Bruce Springsteen