Lyrics to
Do It Good

This version of Do It Good was released by Bill Withers in 1971.

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(Do it good)
(Do it good)
(Do it good)

If you want to kiss a funky beagle,
Hitch a ride upon an eagle
Read a catalog from Spiegel
Go on and do it, do it, do it,
Go on and do it, do it, do it,
Hey do it, do it to it,
But do it good.

Ah, fish was made for hook-in’,
And grits was made for cookin’
And eyes were made for lookin’,
Go on and do it, do it, do it,
Go on and do it, do it, do it,
But do it good.

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About Lyrics and Do It Good by Bill Withers

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

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

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