Lyrics to
Born Out Of Time

This version of Born Out Of Time was released by Rick Springfield in 1973.

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“Come on out please let me stay here, I won’t make any trouble
What’s the idea, you can’t stay in here
Come out I tell you
But your dog will bite me
Oh nonsense, Major doesn’t bite girls
Come on, hurry up, it happens to be raining out here”

I’ve seen all your movies, at least 3 or 4 times
And have on my wall, a large picture of you
But you were that pretty young star, so long ago
I’m born out of time with ya
What can I do

Maybe, I’m silly to think we’d have made it
But what I’d had given to at least had a try
Oh take me back with you 1939
‘Cause black and white movies are making me cry
And born out of time, we slipped hopelessly by

Sophia Loren, Bridgett Bardo, Jean Harlowe,
Marilyn Monroe and Marlene Deitrich
You’re better, you’re better than any I’m seeing
Yes, you were a real beauty queen

Oh listen people, has it happened to you yet
The feeling that someone was born out of time
Will you love someone, physically much too young for you
Either way, it’s a shame, time was so cruel
But it’s nice that that, generally, isn’t the rule

Sophia Loren, Bridgett Bardo, Jean Harlowe,
Marilyn Monroe and Marlene Deitrich
You’re better, you’re better than any I’m seeing
Yes, you were a real beauty queen

And Clark Gable’s who I should have been

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Rick Springfield has released many songs over the years besides Born Out Of Time. Rick Springfield released songs from 1972 to 2007 spanning across albums like Beginnings, Comic Book Heroes, Mission Magic!, Wait For Night, Working Class Dog, Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet, Living In Oz, Beautiful Feelings, Hard To Hold, Tao, Rock Of Life, Sahara Snow, Karma, Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance, The Day After Yesterday, and Christmas With You. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Rick Springfield.

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About Lyrics and Born Out Of Time by Rick Springfield

The lyrics for Born Out Of Time are defined as the words making up the song released by Rick Springfield in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Born Out Of Time have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Rick Springfield 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 Born Out Of Time by Rick Springfield 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 Born Out Of Time" means the words set to the music of Born Out Of Time, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rick Springfield. 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 Born Out Of Time and the lyrics to Born Out Of Time are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rick Springfield who came here looking just for the lyrics to Born Out Of Time, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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