Lyrics to
Beautiful Obsession

This version of Beautiful Obsession was released by Van Morrison in 1978.

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And it goes out, and it comes back
It is a feeling it’s a feelin’
And when you do it
And the more you do it
And the more you do it
It becomes a beautiful obsession
A beautiful obsession
A beautiful a beautiful obsession, obsession, yeah

It’s a feelin’
It’s a feelin’
It’s a feelin’
In your heart, in your soul
In your being, yeah
It’s a beautiful obsession
And it makes you feel
And it’s more than a song to sing
And it’s more, more, more
Than a song to sing

Let the cowboy ride
Let the cowboy ride
Let the cowboy ride

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About Lyrics and Beautiful Obsession by Van Morrison

The lyrics for Beautiful Obsession are defined as the words making up the song released by Van Morrison in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Beautiful Obsession have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Van Morrison 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 Beautiful Obsession by Van Morrison 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 Beautiful Obsession" means the words set to the music of Beautiful Obsession, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Van Morrison. 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 Beautiful Obsession and the lyrics to Beautiful Obsession are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Van Morrison who came here looking just for the lyrics to Beautiful Obsession, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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