Lyrics to
Drifting Away

This version of Drifting Away was released by Status Quo in 1974.

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You can’t see what you mean to me
I just can’t get you out of my head
You move me more than I’ve ever been
Like a wild supersonic jet
But I can’t see your love drifting away
And I don’t want your love d-d-d-drifting away

I got told by a friend of mine
That you don’t want me anymore
Now my friend’s got a broken nose
Sure, and I got a broken jaw
So don’t push me around, I’m coming your way
And I don’t want your love d-d-d-drifting away

Don’t you know what I’m living for?
Don’t you know what I’m trying to say?
Don’t try to shove me outta that door
‘Cos you’re mine and it’s staying that way
I’m giving you my love, don’t throw it away
But I can see your love d-d-d-drifting away
Oh, drifting away, you got me drifting away
Oh, drifting away

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About Lyrics and Drifting Away by Status Quo

The lyrics to Drifting Away are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Status Quo in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Drifting Away are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Status Quo and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Drifting Away back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Drifting Away by Status Quo 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 Drifting Away" means the words set to the music of Drifting Away, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Status Quo. 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 Drifting Away and the lyrics to Drifting Away are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Status Quo who came here looking just for the lyrics to Drifting Away, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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