All I Really Want to Do - The Byrds

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All I Really Want to Do Lyrics

I ain't lookin' to compete with you
beat or cheat or mistreat you
simplify you, classify you
deny, defy or crucify you
all i really want to do
is, baby. be friends with you.
No, i ain't lookin' to fight with you
frighten you or tighten you
drag you down or drain you down
chain you down or bring you down
all i really want to do
is, baby, be friends with you.
I ain't lookin' to block you up
shock or knock or lock you up
analyze you, categorize you
finalize you or advertise you
all i really want to do
is, baby, be friends with you.
I don't want to straight-ace you
race or chase you, track or trace you
or disgrace you or displace you
or define you or confine you
all i really want to do
is, baby, be friends with you.
I don't want to meet your kin
make you spin or do you in
or select you or dissect you
or inspect you or reject you
all i really want to do
is, baby, be friends with you.
I don't want to fake you out
take or shake or forsake you out
i ain't lookin' for you to feel like me
see like me or be like me
all i really want to do
is, baby, be friends with you.

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The Byrds were a popular American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1964. They are considered one of the most important and influential bands of the 1960s.

Their music bridged the gaps between the socially and spiritually conscious folk music of Bob Dylan, the studio trickery of The Beach Boys, and the sardonic rock of The Beatles. Some of their trademark songs include pop versions of Bob Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man and Pete Seeger’s Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season), and the originals I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better, and Eight Miles High. Throughout their career they helped forge such subgenres as folk rock, raga rock, psychedelic rock, jangle pop, and – on their 1968 classic Sweetheart of the Rodeo – country rock inviting Gram Parsons on rhythm guitar.

The original and most successful lineup consisted of Chris Hillman, David Crosby, Michael Clarke, Roger McGuinn and Gene Clark. After several line-up changes (with lead singer/guitarist McGuinn as the only consistent member), they broke up in 1973.

In 1991 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and several band members launched successful solo careers after leaving the group. The most successful was David Crosby who was inducted again for his work with Crosby, Stills & Nash. Other than The Beatles, the only artist with all members inducted twice are, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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