Lyrics to
Bitter With The Sweet

This version of Bitter With The Sweet was released by Carole King in 1972.

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Sometimes I’m tired and I wonder what’s so all-fired important
About being someplace at some time
Oh, but I don’t really mind
‘Cause I could be on East Street, and I know that
You’ve got to take the bitter with the sweet

I guess it gets to everyone, you think you’re not having any fun
And you wonder what you’re doing playing the games you play
Hey, well, it’s true what they say
If you want to feel complete, don’t you know that
You’ve got to take the bitter with the sweet

A friend of mine once told me
And I know he knows all about feelin’ down
He said everything good in life you’ve got to pay for
But feelin’ good is what you’re paving the way for

So don’t let it get you down, my friend, though it seems the blues will never end
On this you can depend, they always do
And I can tell you that it’s true, it’s a feeling that can’t be beat
And you’ve got to do it
You’ve got to take the bitter with the sweet

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About Lyrics and Bitter With The Sweet by Carole King

The lyrics for Bitter With The Sweet are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by Carole King. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Bitter With The Sweet have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Bitter With The Sweet - Carole King and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Bitter With The Sweet by Carole King in multiple 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 Bitter With The Sweet" means the words set to the music of Bitter With The Sweet, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carole King. 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 Bitter With The Sweet and the lyrics to Bitter With The Sweet are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carole King who came here looking just for the lyrics to Bitter With The Sweet, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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