Lyrical Parallels Thread

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There must be more than meets the eye
Why should it be just a case of black or white
There Must Be More to Life Than This, released in 1985 on Mr. Bad Guy
on the solo demo Michael doesn't sing the second line, he just mumbles, but a few years later BoW was released:


Now I believe in miracles
And a miracle has happened tonight
But, if you're thinkin' about my baby
It don't matter if you're black or white
Black or White, 1991
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some older stuff I discovered, but posted in the wrong thread
It doesn't matter who's wrong or right (Beat It)
It don't matter if you're black or white (Black or White)
And mama used to say (Mama Used To Say, February 1982)
And mother always told me be careful of who you love (Billie Jean, released on Thriller in November 1982)
Dirty Diana
You'll never make me stay
So take your weight off of me
Get Your Weight Off Of Me
Just get your weight off of me
Why don't you just let me be?
Super Freak (1981)
She likes the boys in the band
Dirty Diana (1987)
She likes the boys in the bands
Somebody’s Watching Me
I always feel like somebody's watching me
Threatened
You should be watching me
 
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For forty days and forty nights
The law was on her side
Billie Jean, 1982

There ain't no second chance against the thing with forty eyes, girl
Thriller, 1982

They searched forty days, in the suburbs of the night
But they found him, alive
Chicago 1945, 1982
 
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