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Changin’ Times

This version of Changin’ Times was released by Nazareth in 1975.

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When I was younger I used to understand
That when you’re with a girl, you gotta act like a man
Mama told me that’s the way it should be
And I know my mama never lied to me.

What do you think about you’re changin’ times
’cause when I’m with you I just can’t make up my mind
Since I met you don’t know right from wrong
Somebody tell me just what’s goin’ on

Just can’t get myself thinkin’ straight
I’m all shook up and in a terrible state
Sometimes I think I got it all figured out
Then you do something new and it just knocks me right out

Someday baby I’m going to have to make a stand
The way that you treat me baby
Don’t make me feel too much like a man
And baby, baby, the changes you’re goin’ through
You’re drivin’ me half crazy
Can’t make up my mind what to do about you.

Tellin’ myself that time is on my side
You’re gettin’ this feelin’ that my mind’s on the slide
Dumped on the floor, I feel I’m trapped in a spin
Don’t know how to end, can’t think of where to begin

She don’t care I know she don’t even try
But when she turns it on
You know she gets me so high.

She’s a lady that’s making my life a sin
You know that I’m runnin’ in a losin’ race
There ain’t no way I can win
Baby, baby, the changes you’re goin’ through
They’re drivin’ me half crazy
Can’t make up my mind what to do about you.

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About Lyrics and Changin’ Times by Nazareth

The lyrics for Changin’ Times are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Nazareth. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Changin’ Times 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 Changin’ Times - Nazareth 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 Changin’ Times by Nazareth 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 Changin’ Times" means the words set to the music of Changin’ Times, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Nazareth. 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 Changin’ Times and the lyrics to Changin’ Times are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Nazareth who came here looking just for the lyrics to Changin’ Times, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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