Lyrics to
Assignment Sequence

This version of Assignment Sequence was released by Nina Simone in 1970.

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The assignment the assignment okay
Not too loud now not too loud
The song is called the assignment
Talks about the lover’s gap
Tha gap between lovers
Especially in marriage and other forms

Bouncing off your wall
Tha pathways of my mind
Are on their way
Another way for today

You want me to see you
Baby I cannot see you
You want me to come for you
I cannot come for you
Cos you want an assignment
I see no concession

Shall I hang my head with yours and be blue

Send always laughter and fun
Spend all my time thinking about you
Don’t you know there are things I can’t do for you

My mind is on it’s way
Another way for today
My spirit is so foreign
You want silence
My spirit I’d taking flight now
But baby you’re in a mood
And you wanna cry tonight now

Shall I hang my head with yours and be blue
That’s what you want me to do
Send away laughter and fun
Spend my time crying
Trying to please you

Oh don’t you know
There are things I can’t do for you
My mind is on it’s way
Another way now for today

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About Lyrics and Assignment Sequence by Nina Simone

The lyrics for Assignment Sequence are defined as the words making up the song released by Nina Simone in 1970. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Assignment Sequence have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Nina Simone and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Assignment Sequence by Nina Simone if you think through it. 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 Assignment Sequence" means the words set to the music of Assignment Sequence, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Nina Simone. 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 Assignment Sequence and the lyrics to Assignment Sequence are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Nina Simone who came here looking just for the lyrics to Assignment Sequence, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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