Lyrics to
Closer Every Day

This version of Closer Every Day was released by The Doobie Brothers in 1971.

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I just looked in the mirror, was that me
I’m older now than I used to be
The sky above me, Lord, it’s turnin’ red
There’s a hard rain fallin’ ’round my head
Oh, Lord, fallin’ ’round my head
Oh, Lord, fallin’ ’round my head
Oh, Lord, fallin’ ’round my head
Oh, Lord, fallin’ ’round my head
The road I’m standin’ on, it twists and turns
The soles of my feet, Lord, they’re ’bout to burn
The reaper beckons, and he points the way
Oh, Lord, I’m gettin’ closer every day
Oh, Lord, closer every day
Oh, Lord, closer every day
Oh, Lord, closer every day
Oh, Lord, closer every day

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About Lyrics and Closer Every Day by The Doobie Brothers

The lyrics for Closer Every Day are defined as the words making up the song released by The Doobie Brothers in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Closer Every Day have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Doobie Brothers 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 Closer Every Day by The Doobie Brothers 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 Closer Every Day" means the words set to the music of Closer Every Day, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Doobie Brothers. 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 Closer Every Day and the lyrics to Closer Every Day are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Doobie Brothers who came here looking just for the lyrics to Closer Every Day, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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