yrics became increasingly important in the songwriting of the Seventies music scene, as a whole new breed of singer-songwriters such as Elton John, Don McLean and Marvin Gaye expressed their innermost feelings and chronicled the tumultuous times in songs like "Your Song," "American Pie" and "What's Going On." Enjoy these lyrics to 300 great Seventies hits, transcribed directly from the pages of back issues of Hit Parader and Song Hits magazines, and various music songbooks.

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1. "ABC" (The Jackson 5)
2. "Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)" (The Four Tops)
3. "Alive" (The Bee Gees)
4. "All By Myself" (Eric Carmen)
5. "All I Ever Need Is You" (Sonny & Cher)
6. "All I Know" (Art Garfunkel)
7. "All Right Now" (Free)
8. "Alone Again (Naturally)" (Gilbert O'Sullivan)
9. "American Pie" (Don McLean)
10. "American Woman" (The Guess Who)
11. "Amie" (Pure Prairie League)
12. "And When I Die" (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
13. "Angie" (The Rolling Stones)
14. "Another Day" (Paul & Linda McCartney)
15. "Anticipation" (Carly Simon)
16. "Baby Blue" (Badfinger)
17. "Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me" (Mac Davis)
18. "Baby I'm-A Want You" (Bread)
19. "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" (Jim Croce)
20. "Bad Time" (Grand Funk)
21. "Band Of Gold" (Freda Payne)
22. "Band On The Run" (Paul McCartney & Wings)
23. "Beginnings" (Chicago)
24. "Behind Blue Eyes" (The Who)
25. "Be My Baby" (Andy Kim)
26. "Bennie And The Jets" (Elton John)
27. "Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me" (Gladys Knight & The Pips)
28. "Big Yellow Taxi" (Joni Mitchell)
29. "Black And White" (Three Dog Night)
30. "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" (Looking Glass)
31. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Simon & Garfunkel)
32. "Brother Louie" (Stories)
33. "Burning Love" (Elvis Presley)
34. "Call Me (Come Back Home)" (Al Green)
35. "Candida" (Dawn)
36. "Can't Get Enough" (Bad Company)
37. "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe" (Barry White)
38. "Castles In The Air" (Don McLean)
39. "China Grove" (The Doobie Brothers)
40. "The City Of New Orleans" (Arlo Guthrie)
41. "Clap For The Wolfman" (The Guess Who)
42. "Come And Get Your Love" (Redbone)
43. "Could It Be Forever" (The Partridge Family)
44. "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" (The Spinners)
45. "Cracklin' Rosie" (Neil Diamond)
46. "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" (Wayne Newton)
47. "A Daisy A Day" (Jud Strunk)
48. "Dancing In The Moonlight" (King Harvest)
49. "Dark Lady" (Cher)
50. "Day After Day" (Badfinger)
51. "December 1963 (Oh What A Night)" (The Four Seasons)
52. "Diamond Girl" (Seals & Crofts)
53. "Diary" (Bread)
54. "Don't Cross The River" (America)
55. "Don't Cry Daddy" (Elvis Presley)
56. "Dream Baby" (Glen Campbell)
57. "Dream Weaver" (Gary Wright)
58. "Everybody's Everything" (Santana)
59. "Everything I Own" (Bread)
60. "Everything Is Beautiful" (Ray Stevens)
61. "Eyes Of Silver" (The Doobie Brothers)
62. "The Family Of Man" (Three Dog Night)
63. "Feeling Alright" (Joe Cocker)
64. "Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover" (Paul Simon)
65. "Fire And Rain" (James Taylor)
66. "Fire On The Mountain" (The Marshall Tucker Band)
67. "For All We Know" (The Carpenters)
68. "For The Good Times" (Ray Price)
69. "Free Ride" (The Edgar Winter Group)
70. "Friends" (Elton John)
71. "Get Down" (Gilbert O'Sullivan)
72. "Get Ready" (Rare Earth)
73. "Gimme Some Loving" (Traffic)
74. "Go Away Little Girl" (Donny Osmond)
75. "Goodbye To Love" (The Carpenters)
76. "Green Eyed Lady" (Sugarloaf)
77. "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" (Cher)
78. "Gypsy Woman" (Brian Hyland)
79. "Half-Breed" (Cher)
80. "Handbags & Gladrags" (Rod Stewart)
81. "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
82. "Have You Seen Her" (The Chi-Lites)
83. "Heartbeat - It's A Lovebeat" (The DeFranco Family)
84. "Heartbroken Bopper" (The Guess Who)
85. "Heaven Help Us All" (Stevie Wonder)
86. "Helen Wheels" (Paul McCartney & Wings)
87. "Hello Hooray" (Alice Cooper)
88. "Hello It's Me" (Todd Rundgren)
89. "Hey Big Brother" (Rare Earth)
90. "Higher Ground" (Stevie Wonder)
91. "Hi, Hi, Hi" (Wings)
92. "A Horse With No Name" (America)
93. "Hot Rod Lincoln" (Commander Cody)
94. "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" (The Bee Gees)
95. "How Do You Do?" (Mouth & MacNeal)
96. "Hurting Each Other" (The Carpenters)
97. "I Am, I Said" (Neil Diamond)
98. "I Am Woman" (Helen Reddy)
99. "I Got A Name" (Jim Croce)
100. "I Gotcha" (Joe Tex)
101. "I Just Can't Help Believing" (B.J. Thomas)
102. "I Need You" (America)
103. "I Saw The Light" (Todd Rundgren)
104. "I Shot The Sheriff" (Eric Clapton)
105. "I Think I Love You" (The Partridge Family)
106. "I Wanna Be With You" (The Raspberries)
107. "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" (The Hillside Singers)
108. "I'd Love You To Want Me" (Lobo)
109. "I'll Be Around" (The Spinners)
110. "I'll Be There" (The Jackson 5)
111. "I'll Meet You Halfway" (The Partridge Family)
112. "I'll Play For You" (Seals & Crofts)
113. "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby" (Barry White)
114. "I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)" (The Moody Blues)
115. "I'm Stone In Love With You" (The Stylistics)
116. "If" (Bread)
117. "If Not For You" (Olivia Newton-John)
118. "If You Could Read My Mind" (Gordon Lightfoot)
119. "In The Ghetto" (Elvis Presley)
120. "Indian Reservation" (The Raiders)
121. "Indiana Wants Me" (R. Dean Taylor)
122. "Instant Karma" (John Ono Lennon)
123. "Isn't That What Friends Are For" (B.J. Thomas)
124. "It Don't Matter To Me" (Bread)
125. "It Never Rains In Southern California" (Albert Hammond)
126. "It's Going To Take Some Time" (The Carpenters)
127. "It's One Of Those Nights" (The Partridge Family)
128. "It's Too Late" (Carole King)
129. "Jet" (Paul McCartney & Wings)
130. "Join Together" (The Who)
131. "Joy To The World" (Three Dog Night)
132. "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" (Bobby Sherman)
133. "Keep On Smilin'" (Wet Willie)
134. "Keeper Of The Castle" (The Four Tops)
135. "Knock Three Times" (Dawn)
136. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan)
137. "Kodachrome" (Paul Simon)
138. "(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All" (The Fifth Dimension)
139. "Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)" (Melanie)
140. "Lean On Me" (Bill Withers)
141. "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" (Helen Reddy)
142. "Legend In Your Own Time" (Carly Simon)
143. "Let Me Be There" (Olivia Newton-John)
144. "Let's Get It On" (Marvin Gaye)
145. "Let's Stay Together" (Al Green)
146. "Levon" (Elton John)
147. "Listen To The Music" (The Doobie Brothers)
148. "Lonely Days" (The Bee Gees)
149. "Long Dark Road" (The Hollies)
150. "Long Train Runnin'" (The Doobie Brothers)





151. "Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma" (Melanie)
152. "Lookin' Out My Back Door" (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
153. "Love Her Madly" (The Doors)
154. "Love Train" (The O'Jays)
155. "Love Won't Let Me Wait" (Major Harris)
156. "The Love You Save" (The Jackson 5)
157. "Lover's Cross" (Jim Croce)
158. "Loves Me Like A Rock" (Paul Simon)
159. "Lucretia Mac Evil" (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
160. "Maggie May" (Rod Stewart)
161. "Magic" (Pilot)
162. "Make It With You" (Bread)
163. "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)" (Three Dog Night)
164. "Me And Bobby McGee" (Janis Joplin)
165. "Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard" (Paul Simon)
166. "Me And Mrs. Jones" (Billy Paul)
167. "Me And My Arrow" (Nilsson)
168. "Mercy, Mercy Me" (Marvin Gaye)
169. "Midnight Rider" (Gregg Allman)
170. "Midnight Train To Georgia" (Gladys Knight & The Pips)
171. "Montego Bay" (Bobby Bloom)
172. "The Morning After" (Maureen McGovern)
173. "Morning Has Broken" (Cat Stevens)
174. "The Most Beautiful Girl" (Charlie Rich)
175. "My Love" (Paul McCartney & Wings)
176. "My Maria" (B.W. Stevenson)
177. "My Sweet Lord" (George Harrison)
178. "My World" (The Bee Gees)
179. "Neither One Of Us" (Gladys Knight & The Pips)
180. "Never Been To Spain" (Three Dog Night)
181. "Never Can Say Goodbye" (The Jackson 5)
182. "The Night Chicago Died" (Paper Lace)
183. "No Matter What" (Badfinger)
184. "Nothing From Nothing" (Billy Preston)
185. "Oh Girl" (The Chi-Lites)
186. "One Less Bell To Answer" (The Fifth Dimension)
187. "One Less Set Of Footsteps" (Jim Croce)
188. "One Of A Kind (Love Affair)" (The Spinners)
189. "One Tin Soldier" (Coven)
190. "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" (Neil Young)
191. "Only The Good Die Young" (Billy Joel)
192. "Only Women (Bleed)" (Alice Cooper)
193. "Only You Know And I Know" (Dave Mason)
194. "O-o-o Child" (The Five Stairsteps)
195. "Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)" (Jim Croce)
196. "Our House" (Crosby, Stills & Nash)
197. "Out In The Country" (Three Dog Night)
198. "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" (The Temptations)
199. "Paper Roses" (Marie Osmond)
200. "Peaceful Easy Feeling" (The Eagles)
201. "People Make The World Go Round" (The Stylistics)
202. "Photograph" (Ringo Starr)
203. "Playground In My Mind" (Clint Holmes)
204. "Power To The People" (John Lennon)
205. "Precious And Few" (Climax)
206. "Psychedelic Shack" (The Temptations)
207. "Put Your Hand In The Hand" (Ocean)
208. "Rainy Days And Mondays" (The Carpenters)
209. "Rainy Night In Georgia" (Brook Benton)
210. "The Rapper" (Jaggerz)
211. "Reach Out And Touch Somebody's Hand" (Diana Ross)
212. "Reeling In The Years" (Steely Dan)
213. "Riders On The Storm" (The Doors)
214. "Rings" (Cymarron)
215. "River's Risin'" (The Edgar Winter Group)
216. "Rock And Roll" (Led Zeppelin)
217. "Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo" (Rick Derringer)
218. "Rock And Roll Lullaby" (B.J. Thomas)
219. "Rock The Boat" (The Hues Corporation)
220. "Rocket Man" (Elton John)
221. "Rocky Mountain High" (John Denver)
222. "Roll On Down The Highway" (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
223. "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose" (Dawn featuring Tony Orlando)
224. "Shambala" (Three Dog Night)
225. "Share The Land" (The Guess Who)
226. "She Didn't Do Magic" (Lobo)
227. "She's Always A Woman" (Billy Joel)
228. "Signs" (Five Man Electrical Band)
229. "Sister Golden Hair" (America)
230. "Small Beginnings" (Flash)
231. "Smiling Faces Sometimes" (The Undisputed Truth)
232. "Snowbird" (Anne Murray)
233. "Someone Who Cares" (The First Edition)
234. "Something's Burning" (The First Edition)
235. "Song Sung Blue" (Neil Diamond)
236. "Spiders And Snakes" (Jim Stafford)
237. "Stand By Me" (John Lennon)
238. "Star" (Stealers Wheel)
239. "Star Baby" (The Guess Who)
240. "Stay Awhile" (The Bells)
241. "Stay With Me" (The Faces)
242. "Stuck In The Middle With You" (Stealers Wheel)
243. "Summer Breeze" (Seals & Crofts)
244. "Superfly" (Curtis Mayfield)
245. "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder)
246. "Super Woman (Where Were You When I Needed You)" (Stevie Wonder)
247. "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" (Three Dog Night)
248. "Sweet Home Alabama" (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
249. "Sweet Seasons" (Carole King)
250. "Sweet Surrender" (Bread)
251. "Take A Letter Maria" (R.B. Greaves)
252. "Take It Easy" (The Eagles)
253. "Take It To The Limit" (The Eagles)
254. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (John Denver)
255. "The Tears Of A Clown" (Smokey Robinson & The Miracles)
256. "Temptation Eyes" (The Grass Roots)
257. "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" (John Denver)
258. "Then Came You" (Dionne Warwick & The Spinners)
259. "(They Long To Be) Close To You" (The Carpenters)
260. "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree" (Dawn featuring Tony Orlando)
261. "Tight Rope" (Leon Russell)
262. "Time In A Bottle" (Jim Croce)
263. "Tin Man" (America)
264. "Tiny Dancer" (Elton John)
265. "Too Late To Turn Back Now" (Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose)
266. "Top Of The World" (The Carpenters)
267. "Touch Me In The Morning" (Diana Ross)
268. "Troglodyte" (The Jimmy Castor Bunch)
269. "Two Divided By Love" (The Grass Roots)
270. "Until It's Time For You To Go" (Elvis Presley)
271. "Ventura Highway" (America)
272. "Vincent" (Don McLean)
273. "Walk A Mile In My Shoes" (Joe South)
274. "Want Ads" (Honey Cone)
275. "Watching The River Flow" (Bob Dylan)
276. "The Way Of Love" (Cher)
277. "The Way We Were" (Barbra Streisand)
278. "We're An American Band" (Grand Funk Railroad)
279. "What Is Life" (George Harrison)
280. "What's Going On" (Marvin Gaye)
281. "When Will I Be Loved" (Linda Ronstadt)
282. "Where Is The Love" (Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway)
283. "Wild Horses" (The Rolling Stones)
284. "Wildwood Weed" (Jim Stafford)
285. "Will It Go Round In Circles" (Billy Preston)
286. "Witchy Woman" (The Eagles)
287. "Without You" (Nilsson)
288. "Woodstock" (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
289. "Yesterday Once More" (The Carpenters)
290. "You And Me Against The World" (Helen Reddy)
291. "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" (Stevie Wonder)
292. "You Could've Been A Lady" (April Wine)
293. "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" (Jim Croce)
294. "You Haven't Done Nothin'" (Stevie Wonder)
295. "You're All I Need To Get By" (Aretha Franklin)
296. "(You're) Having My Baby" (Paul Anka)
297. "You're So Vain" (Carly Simon)
298. "You've Got A Friend" (James Taylor)
299. "Your Mama Don't Dance" (Loggins & Messina)
300. "Your Song" (Elton John)