Lyrics to
Every Face Tells A Story

This version of Every Face Tells A Story was released by Olivia Newton-John in 1976.

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There’s no need for you to tell me
I can see the way you feel
I just know without you saying
What is a lie and what’s real

Every face tells a story
It’s hard to hide a lie
Every face tells a story
And yours is saying goodbye

Something’s going on, and I know it
You can’t keep it from me
Your smile cannot hide what you feel inside
And I don’t like what I see

Every face tells a story
It’s hard to hide a lie
Every face tells a story
And yours is saying goodbye

You’re always telling stories
You’re always telling me lies
You’re always telling stories

If you want to leave me, leave me
No good living a lie
You can pretend that we’re not gonna end
But your eyes are saying goodbye

Every face tells a story
It’s hard to hide a lie
Every face tells a story
And yours is saying goodbye

You’re always telling stories
You’re always telling me lies
You’re always telling stories

Tell me, I got a right to know
Pour your little heart out to me, baby
You know, you know I don’t want to let go

Every face tells a story
It’s hard to hide a lie
Every face tells a story
And yours is saying goodbye

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

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