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Best Thing

This version of Best Thing was released by Styx in 1972.

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Your loving seemed to be the best thing
That I ever had
Your loving seemed to be the best thing
That I ever had

Your loving seemed to be the best thing
That I ever had
Your loving seemed to be the best thing
That I ever had

Silk and satin make me wonder
Just who I am
To be with you in times of slumber
Makin’ me a man

I haven’t known you for a very long time
But it’s on my mind what I want to do
A trip to the skies we begin to fly
Oo-oooh

All the riches I have taken
From you every night
Pay you back someday with interest
‘Cause your loving makes it right
Yeah

Your loving seemed to be the best thing
That I ever had
Your loving seemed to be the best thing
That I ever, ever had
Oh yeah

Best thing
(repeat to fade)

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The lyrics to Best Thing are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Styx in 1972. Elements of the lyrics to Best Thing are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Styx and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Best Thing back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Best Thing by Styx in a number of 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 Best Thing" means the words set to the music of Best Thing, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Styx. 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 Best Thing and the lyrics to Best Thing are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Styx who came here looking just for the lyrics to Best Thing, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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