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My Diane

This version of My Diane was released by Beach Boys in 1978.

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Now that I have lost my Diane
There’s no plan as to where to go
It was hard to lose my Diane
Now I just miss her so

Everything is old and nothing is new
All I ever do is think of you
Memories haunt me night and day

(Ahhhhhhhhhhh)

Do you think of me, my Diane
Or have you forgotten me?
Did you think that you were chained down
And now that you are free

Everything is wrong and nothing is right
I want you back with all of my might
Shadows hanging over my head
I love you Diane I miss you Diane

Everything is wrong and nothing is right
I want you back with all of my might

Everything is wrong and nothing is right
I want you back with all of my might

Everything is wrong and nothing is right
I want you back with all of my might

Everything is wrong and nothing is right
I want you back with all of my might

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About Lyrics and My Diane by Beach Boys

The lyrics to My Diane are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Beach Boys used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to My Diane have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Beach Boys and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to My Diane by Beach Boys. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to My Diane" means the words set to the music of My Diane, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Beach Boys. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to My Diane and the lyrics to My Diane are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Beach Boys who came here looking just for the lyrics to My Diane, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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