Lyrics to
Don’t Explain

This version of Don’T Explain was released by Diana Ross in 1972.

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Hush now, don’t explain
Just say you’ll remain
I’m glad you’re back
Don’t explain

Quiet don’t explain
What is there to gain?
Skip that lipstick
Don’t explain

You know that I love you
And what love endures
All my thoughts are of you
For I’m so completely yours

Cry to hear folks chatter
And I know you cheat
Right or wrong don’t matter
When you’re with me, sweet

Hush now, don’t explain
You’re my joy and pain
My life’s yours love
Don’t explain

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About Lyrics and Don’T Explain by Diana Ross

When you decide to study the lyrics to Don’T Explain, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by Diana Ross. Some of the lyrics to Don’T Explain have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Diana Ross and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Don’T Explain 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 Don’T Explain" means the words set to the music of Don’T Explain, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Diana Ross. 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 Explain and the lyrics to Don’T Explain are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Diana Ross who came here looking just for the lyrics to Don’T Explain, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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