Lyrics to
Something To Live For

This version of Something To Live For was released by The Hollies in 1979.

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We’ve seen so many towns
Where the trains don’t ever stop
Though we hear all night sounds
There’s no side left to the shop
Nothing but changes of face
That life arranges
Nothing but strangeness that wastes
Anything it replaces

We’ve seen so many dreams
Floating out into the tide
They’re never what they seem
And there’s emptiness inside
Nothing but changes of face
That life arranges
Nothing but strangeness that wastes
Anything it replaces

Keep pushing tomorrow
You might just find
Something to live for
Keep hustling tomorrow
You might just find
That elusive something

We’ve got so many ways
To take the world apart
And almost no one stays
If they make it from the start
Nothing but changes of face
That life arranges
Nothing but strangeness that wastes
Anything it replaces

Keep pushing tomorrow
You might just find
Something to live for
Keep hustling tomorrow
You might just find
Something to live for

Keep pushing tomorrow
You might just find
Something to live for
Keep hustling tomorrow
Until you find that elusive something

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About Lyrics and Something To Live For by The Hollies

The lyrics for Something To Live For are defined as the words making up the song released by The Hollies in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Something To Live For have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Hollies and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Something To Live For by The Hollies if you think through it. 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 Something To Live For" means the words set to the music of Something To Live For, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Hollies. 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 Something To Live For and the lyrics to Something To Live For are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Hollies who came here looking just for the lyrics to Something To Live For, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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