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Afraid To Live And Afraid Of Dying

This version of Afraid To Live And Afraid Of Dying was released by Dolly Parton in 1973.

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They say most anything you eat could hurt your health
Be careful what you drink, don’t harm yourself
And pollution in the air might make you sick
Makes you afraid to live, afraid that you might die too quick
Do the men that quote this danger really know
Life is gift to be enjoyed and not to worry so
The biggest danger sign that we should know
Make sure we’re right with God, as through this world we go

We’re afraid to live ’cause we’re afraid of dyin’
And afraid to love the one we love, afraid they might be lyin’
We can’t enjoy life when they say each thing might bring an early grave
We’re afraid to live ’cause we’re afraid of dyin’

Do the men that quote this danger really know?
Life is gift to be enjoyed, why worry so?
The biggest danger sign that we should know
Make sure we’re right with God, as through this world we go
Make sure we’re right with God, as through this world we go

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You can understand the lyrics to Afraid To Live And Afraid Of Dying 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 Afraid To Live And Afraid Of Dying" means the words set to the music of Afraid To Live And Afraid Of Dying, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Dolly Parton. 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 Afraid To Live And Afraid Of Dying and the lyrics to Afraid To Live And Afraid Of Dying are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Dolly Parton who came here looking just for the lyrics to Afraid To Live And Afraid Of Dying, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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