Lyrics to
The Photograph

This version of The Photograph was released by Rick Springfield in 1973.

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Hands old and poor, her back bent and sore,
She lifts from the drawer, the photograph
Though tattered and torn, through years it has worn,
But still bears the form of the man she knew

Her eyes are weak, spilling tears on her cheek
Her lips start to speak to the photograph
She tells him with pride, she still loves him inside
Though years ago died, la da da da

La, la da, la da, la da da, la da, la da da,
La la la da da,
La, la da, la da, la da da, la da, la da da,
La la la da da

And all of the people she knew, who she knows no more
Who Don’t know the score say,
“We wonder why, she never married, such a
Pretty girl she was, such a lovely face she had,
Such a pretty thing she was”, once

She turns to her right, to put out the light,
And wishes goodnight to the photograph
Her love, though it’s strong and lasted this long,
And goes on and on, she’s still in love

La, la da, la da, la da da, la da, la da da,
La la la da da,
La, la da, la da, la da da, la da, la da da,
La la la da da

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Rick Springfield has released many songs over the years besides The Photograph. Rick Springfield released songs from 1972 to 2007 spanning across albums like Beginnings, Comic Book Heroes, Mission Magic!, Wait For Night, Working Class Dog, Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet, Living In Oz, Beautiful Feelings, Hard To Hold, Tao, Rock Of Life, Sahara Snow, Karma, Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance, The Day After Yesterday, and Christmas With You. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Rick Springfield.

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About Lyrics and The Photograph by Rick Springfield

The lyrics to The Photograph are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Rick Springfield used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to The Photograph have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Rick Springfield 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 The Photograph by Rick Springfield. 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 The Photograph" means the words set to the music of The Photograph, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rick Springfield. 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 The Photograph and the lyrics to The Photograph are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rick Springfield who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Photograph, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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