Lyrics to
Look Around You

This version of Look Around You was released by Don Williams in 1977.

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How do you like it
Being lonely
From what I see
You’re someone who knows
Well, maybe you and I
Could get together
Then we won’t be lonely anymore.

Look around you
See where you’ve been
You may never have to
Pass that way again
Look around you
If you need a friend
I might be the one
Who’ll make your loneliness end.

Would you like to have someone to hold you
Someone to tell your troubles to
Someone to catch you if you’ve fallen
Someone who really cares for you.

Look around you
See where you’ve been
You may never have to
Pass that way again
Look around you
If you need a friend
I might be the one
Who’ll make your loneliness end…

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The lyrics to Look Around You are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Don Williams used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Look Around You have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Don Williams 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 Look Around You by Don Williams. 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 Look Around You" means the words set to the music of Look Around You, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Don Williams. 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 Look Around You and the lyrics to Look Around You are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Don Williams who came here looking just for the lyrics to Look Around You, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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