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Don’t Change

This version of Don’T Change was released by Hall & Oates in 1977.

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I turned around and you were standing there
More than a little high
More than a little crazy
So beautiful I had to stare
And I knew you had the power to change me
Scarlet woman, you’ve come for me
Your timing’s great, ’cause I’ve been
waiting so long
The only thing I want to say
Now that you’ve got me, please-
Don’t Change my life
You know I love you but I hate your friends
They got dollars but they ain’t got sense
If the time comes and you go away
I hope I’ve changed and yet stayed the same
Scarlet woman you’ve come to me
Your timing’s great ’cause I’ve been
waiting so long
Only thing I want to say
Now that you’ve got me, please-
Don’t Change my life

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The lyrics to Don’T Change are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Hall & Oates in 1977. Elements of the lyrics to Don’T Change are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Hall & Oates and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Don’T Change back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Don’T Change by Hall & Oates in a number of 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 Don’T Change" means the words set to the music of Don’T Change, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Hall & Oates. 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 Don’T Change and the lyrics to Don’T Change are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Hall & Oates who came here looking just for the lyrics to Don’T Change, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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