Lyrics to
Dear Boy

This version of Dear Boy was released by Paul Mccartney in 1971.

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I guess you never knew, dear boy, what you have found,
I guess you never knew, dear boy,
That she was just the cutest thing around,
I guess you never knew what you have found,
Dear boy.

I guess you never knew, dear boy,
That love was there.
And maybe when you look to hard, dear boy,
You never do become aware,
I guess you never did become aware,
Dear boy.

When i stepped in, my heart was down and out,
But her love came through and brought me ’round,
Got me up and about.

Dear boy,
Dear boy, dear boy,
Dear boy.

When i stepped in, my heart was down and out,
But her love came through and brought me ’round,
Got me up and about.

I hope you never know, dear boy,
How much you missed.
And even when you fall in love, dear boy,
It won’t be half as good as this.
I hope you never know how much you missed,
Dear boy, how much you missed

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About Lyrics and Dear Boy by Paul Mccartney

When you decide to study the lyrics to Dear Boy, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by Paul Mccartney. Some of the lyrics to Dear Boy have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Paul Mccartney and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Dear Boy 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 Dear Boy" means the words set to the music of Dear Boy, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Paul Mccartney. 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 Dear Boy and the lyrics to Dear Boy are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Paul Mccartney who came here looking just for the lyrics to Dear Boy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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