Lyrics to
Anytime

This version of Anytime was released by Journey in 1978.

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Ooh, ooh Anytime that you want me
Ooh, ooh Anytime that you want me
Ooh, ooh Anytime that you want me to
Ooh, ooh Anytime that you need me

I’m standing here with my arms a mile wide
Hoping and praying for you
Listen to me and enlighten me
I hope that you need me too, ’cause,

Ooh, ooh Anytime that you want me
Ooh, ooh Anytime that you want me
Ooh, ooh Anytime that you want me to
Ooh, ooh Anytime that you need me

Give me all of your sunshine
A spark is all I need
To take away, all of the shadows
Well what more can I say.
Anytime at all
Anytime at all
Anytime at all

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About Lyrics and Anytime by Journey

The lyrics to Anytime are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Journey used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Anytime have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Journey and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Anytime by Journey. 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 Anytime" means the words set to the music of Anytime, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Journey. 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 Anytime and the lyrics to Anytime are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Journey who came here looking just for the lyrics to Anytime, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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