Searching for "wail" reveals its use across various genres, appearing in lyrics of 20 tracks.Explore how artists use this specific phrasing in their creative work.
wail
Singer: cliff, jimmy
dem a shoot
dem a wail
a shanty town
dem a shoot
dem a wail
a shanty town
Singer: twilight sad, the
because you're so far from home
and you're wailing
and why do they come when you're always raining?
because you're so far from home
and you're wailing
and why do they come when you're always raining?
Singer: earle, steve
i was born by the railroad tracks
well the train whistle wailed and i wailed right back
well papa left mama when i was quite young
i was born by the railroad tracks
well the train whistle wailed and i wailed right back
well papa left mama when i was quite young
Singer: charles, ray
everybody
wail
wail
everybody
wail
wail
Singer: willie nelson
on my old guitar
and i just wail and weep
over softly bending strings
on my old guitar
and i just wail and weep
over softly bending strings
released on April 4th 2011
You can holler you can wail
You can swing you can flail
released on April 4th 2011
You can holler you can wail
You can swing you can flail
Singer: fallulah
and i'm dark as cinder
here forever wailing
wailing
and i'm dark as cinder
here forever wailing
wailing
Singer: average white band
feel no fret
be no weeping no wailing
feel no fret
feel no fret
be no weeping no wailing
feel no fret
Singer: dark moor
from then to me. i'll never grieve
never wail
never be afraid of tomorrow
from then to me. i'll never grieve
never wail
never be afraid of tomorrow
Singer: beach boys
bought like a crust of bread
but oh do i wail
seldom stumble
bought like a crust of bread
but oh do i wail
seldom stumble
Singer: cash, rosanne
she walks these hills in a long black veil
she visits my grave when the night winds wail
nobody knows
she walks these hills in a long black veil
she visits my grave when the night winds wail
nobody knows
Singer: groundation
unto them fear lord
wailing god
look at them wailing god
unto them fear lord
wailing god
look at them wailing god
Singer: hell is for heroes
united in chaos. invading force alert
sirens wailing
air raiders in the sky
united in chaos. invading force alert
sirens wailing
air raiders in the sky
Singer: jules, gary
over water underground
all through the winter you bawl and you wail
wail and you weep
over water underground
all through the winter you bawl and you wail
wail and you weep
Singer: peter tosh
talk about you rocking steady
there shall be weeping and wailing
there shall be weeping and wailing
talk about you rocking steady
there shall be weeping and wailing
there shall be weeping and wailing
Singer: david bowie
start
all clear wail the sirens
sunshine on the wasteland
start
all clear wail the sirens
sunshine on the wasteland
Singer: jackson c. frank
the spectre fell against it
without a cry or a wail
here in the darkness
the spectre fell against it
without a cry or a wail
here in the darkness
Singer: sugar, rebecca
oh-oh
wailing stone!
i tried so hard to fly
oh-oh
wailing stone!
i tried so hard to fly
Singer: fitzgerald, ella
but don't want to sing them bad
roy wailed for you
he wailed the blues tonight
but don't want to sing them bad
roy wailed for you
he wailed the blues tonight