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22 Years

This version of 22 Years was released by Styx in 1974.

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I’ve got a crazy little mama
Lord, she’s my heart and soul
I don’t even have to tell ya
she knows how to rock and roll

well this crazy lovin’ mama
makin’ everything all right
I don’t even have to tell ya
she makes things seem outta sight
all right

whenever I’m down
and nothings going right at all
I just think about my baby
and all I’ve got to do is call

when the evening’s looking pretty
and the day’s hanging out too long
I know my baby cares about me
right or wrong

it took a long time to find her
it took a lot of laughs and tears
it took a long time to find her
it took me 22 years

I’ve got a crazy little mama
said, Lord, she’s my heart and soul
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
I don’t even have to tell ya
she know’s how to rock and roll

well this crazy lovin’ mama
makin’ everything all right
yeah
I don’t even have to tell ya
she makes things seem outta sight
all right

it took a long time to find her
it took a lot of laughs and tears
it took a long time to find her
it took me 22 years
oh my

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The lyrics for 22 Years are defined as the words making up the song released by Styx in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to 22 Years have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Styx 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 22 Years by Styx 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 22 Years" means the words set to the music of 22 Years, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Styx. 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 22 Years and the lyrics to 22 Years are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Styx who came here looking just for the lyrics to 22 Years, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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