Lyrics to
Catch Me If You Can

This version of Catch Me If You Can was released by Rick Springfield in 1974.

Our Rick Springfield Songs profile has Catch Me If You Can lyrics from 1974 and most if not all of the lyrics by Rick Springfield that we have here at Decade Lyrics.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Rick Springfield or about the 1970s in general.

Jean, Jean, Jeanie, catch me if you can
Jean, Jean, Jeanie, catch me if you can
Do ya, do ya really wanna try, ohh my…

Jean, Jean, Jeanie, catch me if you can
Jean, Jean, Jeanie, catch me if you can
Do ya, do ya really wanna try, my, my, my…

Sweet magician’s daughter, weaving spells my way
You know I want to be with you, but magic words are all you say

Jean, Jean, Jeanie, catch me if you can
Jean, Jean, Jeanie, catch me if you can
Do ya, do ya really wanna try, my, my…

Merlin’s magic daughter, I know that’s what you are
I’m playing magic games with you, Its easier to guide a star

Jean, Jean, Jeanie, catch me if you can
Jean, Jean, Jeanie, catch me if you can
Do ya, do ya really wanna try, my…woo

Magic lady waiting, your palace walls are tall
I can wait forever, but I’m climbing up the palace wall

Jean, Jean, Jeanie, catch me if you can
Jean, Jean, Jeanie, catch me if you can
Do ya, do ya really wanna try, ohhh, my, my, my, my…

Jean, Jean, Jeanie, catch me if you can
Jean, Jean, Jeanie, catch me if you can
Do ya, do ya really wanna try, my…

---

Want more lyrics and songs by Rick Springfield?

Rick Springfield has released many songs over the years besides Catch Me If You Can. 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.

If you're a fan of popular 1970s songs looking for more songs from 1974 or the 1970s overall, you've come to the right place!

About Lyrics and Catch Me If You Can by Rick Springfield

The lyrics to Catch Me If You Can are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Rick Springfield in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Catch Me If You Can are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Rick Springfield and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Catch Me If You Can back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Catch Me If You Can by Rick Springfield 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 Catch Me If You Can" means the words set to the music of Catch Me If You Can, 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 Catch Me If You Can and the lyrics to Catch Me If You Can 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 Catch Me If You Can, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

More Songs & Lyrics by Rick Springfield

Visit our Rick Springfield profile for more Rick Springfield songs, lyrics & info!

)