Lyrics to
Claudie

This version of Claudie was released by Status Quo in 1973.

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It’s so long since I sang songs for you
I forget all the words I once knew
I could look back but I can’t waste the time
Did it matter they sometimes didn’t rhyme?
It’s so long since I sang songs for you

It’s so long since you smiled just for me
Now your smile’s just an old used-to-be
Does it matter that I can’t take the time?
Would you rather I write you one more line?
Can my songs once again be for you?

Claudie made a fool out of me
Made me find another place to be
I’ve been living alone
In a house that wasn’t my own
With Claudie is the place I long to be

When I left, did you think of me crying?
Did you care that I felt I was dying?
I pretended that I don’t give a damn
All along I’ve known what I really am
I’m a fool little Claudie just for you

Claudie made a fool out of me
Made me find another place to be
I’ve been living alone
In a house that wasn’t my own
With Claudie is the place I long to be

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About Lyrics and Claudie by Status Quo

The lyrics to Claudie are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Status Quo used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to Claudie have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Status Quo and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Claudie by Status Quo. 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 Claudie" means the words set to the music of Claudie, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Status Quo. 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 Claudie and the lyrics to Claudie are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Status Quo who came here looking just for the lyrics to Claudie, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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