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A Hard Risin’ Morning Without Breakfast

This version of A Hard Risin’ Morning Without Breakfast was released by Chicago in 1971.

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Today when I awoke
The morning blues hung over me
So, I looked it straight in the eye
I jumped into the shower
For ’bout an hour
Aw it was fine
Yeah, It helps me all the time
It’s soothin’ to mind
Just to see those blues
Go slippin’ down the drain
Now I usually have my breakfast
Which consists of tasty spam
Yeah, I could eat it all day long
But I only love one brand
And I can’t find it way out here
So, I have to take a pass
And settle for some hash
When I drive and you’re not here
Oh, sweet sweet spam

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You can understand the lyrics to A Hard Risin’ Morning Without Breakfast 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 A Hard Risin’ Morning Without Breakfast" means the words set to the music of A Hard Risin’ Morning Without Breakfast, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chicago. 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 Hard Risin’ Morning Without Breakfast and the lyrics to A Hard Risin’ Morning Without Breakfast are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chicago who came here looking just for the lyrics to A Hard Risin’ Morning Without Breakfast, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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