Lyrics to
I’ve Got Time

This version of I’Ve Got Time was released by Bob Seger in 1973.

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I was born at the break of dawn
In the last days of the last great war
My father was not in the fighting
And my mother never had to mourn
I was raised, raised and taught to hurry
I’ve been hurrying and worrying all my days
But now as I’m getting older
I think I’m learning how to run the race
And with you by my side, your heart close to mine
I’ve got time

I used to wake up every morning
And lie there far too long
Everything I did was wrong
With you, and your faith in me
Oh, how you made my whole life shine
And I’ve got time
You, and your faith in me
Little girl you made my whole life shine
And I’ve got time

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Bob Seger has released many songs over the years besides I’Ve Got Time. Bob Seger released songs from 1969 to 2006 spanning across albums like Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, Noah, Mongrel, Brand New Morning, Smokin' O.P.'s, Back In '72, Seven, Beautiful Loser, Night Moves, Live Bullet, Stranger In Town, Against The Wind, Nine Tonight, The Distance, Like A Rock, The Fire Inside, Greatest Hits, It's A Mystery, Greatest Hits 2, and Face The Promise. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Bob Seger.

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About Lyrics and I’Ve Got Time by Bob Seger

When you decide to study the lyrics to I’Ve Got Time, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Bob Seger. Some of the lyrics to I’Ve Got Time have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Bob Seger and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to I’Ve Got Time if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 I’Ve Got Time" means the words set to the music of I’Ve Got Time, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Seger. 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 I’Ve Got Time and the lyrics to I’Ve Got Time are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Seger who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’Ve Got Time, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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