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If I knew where the good songs came from I’d go there more often.
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The speaker says that good songs feel as if they come from a particular place, but that place is unknown. If it could be found, returning there would be worthwhile. The line captures the mystery of creative inspiration and the wish to revisit whatever produces something genuinely good.
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