Lyrics to
A Gift

Released by Lou Reed in 1975
From the Album: Coney Island Baby |

This version of A Gift was released by Lou Reed in 1975.

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I’m just a gift to the women of this world
I’m just a gift to the women of this world

Responsibility sits so hard on my shoulder
Like a good wine, I’m better as I grow older, and now –

– I’m just a gift to the women of this world
I’m just a gift to the women of this world
I’m just a gift to the women of this world

It’s hard to settle for second best
After you’ve had me, you know that you’ve had the best
And now you know that –

– I’m just a gift to the women of this world

(I’m just a gift to the women of this world)
(I’m just a gift to the women of this world)

Responsibility sits hard on my shoulder
Like a good wine, I’m better as I get older, and now –

– I’m just a gift to the women of this world
You know that I’m just a gift to the women of this world
Just a gift now

(I’m just a gift to the women of this world)
(I’m just a gift to the women of this world)
(I’m just a gift to the women of this world)
(I’m just a gift to the women of this world, just now)
(I’m just a gift to the women of this world, just a gift)
(I’m just a gift to the women of this world)
I’m just a gift to the women of this world
I’m just a gift to the women of this world
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About Lyrics and A Gift by Lou Reed

The lyrics for A Gift are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Lou Reed. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to A Gift have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for A Gift - Lou Reed and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

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If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to A Gift by Lou Reed in multiple ways. 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 A Gift" means the words set to the music of A Gift, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Lou Reed. 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 A Gift and the lyrics to A Gift are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Lou Reed who came here looking just for the lyrics to A Gift, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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