Lyrics to
A Song For You

This version of A Song For You was released by Willie Nelson in 1973.

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Well I’ve been a lot of places in my life and time
I’ve sung a lot of songs and I’ve made some bad rhyme
I’ve acted out my love in stages with ten thousand people watchin’
Now we’re alone and I am singin’ my song for you
And I know your image of me is what I hope to be
I’ve treated you unkindly but darling can’t you see
No one more important to me darling can’t you please see through me
Cause now we’re alone and I am singing my song for you
Well you taught me precious secrets of a truth with holding nothin’
You came out in front but I was hiding
Now I’m so much better and if my words don’t come together
Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding
And I love you in a place where there’s no space or time
I love you for my life you are a friend of mine
And when my life is over remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singing my song for you
And we were alone and I was singing my song for you

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About Lyrics and A Song For You by Willie Nelson

The lyrics for A Song For You are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1973 song by Willie Nelson. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to A Song For You 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 Song For You - Willie Nelson and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

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

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