Lyrics to
Brotherly Love

This version of Brotherly Love was released by Olivia Newton-John in 1973.

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Trying to win your confidence just wears me down
Trying to win your love will wear me out
You’ve been loved by many girls but left by only one
It made you doubt; it made you doubt
There are those of us who try to use a boy
There is nothing further from my mind
As you will find

Brotherly love won’t do no harm
A brotherly kiss on the cheek will only bring me comfort
Brotherly love ain’t all I need
So if you love me in awhile
Put away your brotherly smile

Put a little trust in me and give again
You can let your reservations go
Put a little fire in the way you say hello
And I will know; yes I will know
Have a drink and make a resolution
Resolve to put yourself into my hands
Into my hands

Brotherly love won’t do no harm
A brotherly kiss on the cheek will only bring me comfort
Brotherly love ain’t all I need
So if you love me in awhile
Put away your brotherly smile

Brotherly love won’t do no harm
A brotherly kiss on the cheek will only bring me comfort
Brotherly love ain’t all I need
So if you love me in awhile
Put away your brotherly smile

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About Lyrics and Brotherly Love by Olivia Newton-John

When you decide to study the lyrics to Brotherly Love, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Olivia Newton-John. Some of the lyrics to Brotherly Love have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Olivia Newton-John and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Brotherly Love if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Brotherly Love" means the words set to the music of Brotherly Love, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Olivia Newton-John. 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 Brotherly Love and the lyrics to Brotherly Love are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Olivia Newton-John who came here looking just for the lyrics to Brotherly Love, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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