Lyrics to
Everybody Loves A Winner

This version of Everybody Loves A Winner was released by Linda Ronstadt in 1973.

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Once I had fame
Oh I was full of pride
Had lots of friends
Always here right by my side
Well my fame oh it died
Now my friends all try to hide

Everybody loves a winner
Everybody loves a winner
But when you lose, you lose alone

Everywhere I turned
There was a hello and smile
I never thought
They’d be gone after a while
Well my friends let me down
And the smiles turned to frowns

Everybody loves a winner
Everybody loves a winner
But when you lose, you lose alone

Once I had love
Ah but I couldn’t be true
To get back that love
There ain’t nothing I wouldn’t do
Well I’ve loved
And I’ve lost
And now I’ll pay the cost

Everybody loves a winner
Everybody loves a winner
Everybody loves a winner
But when you lose, you lose alone

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Linda Ronstadt has released many songs over the years besides Everybody Loves A Winner. Linda Ronstadt released songs from 1969 to 2004 spanning across albums like Hand Sown... Home Grown, Silk Purse, Linda Ronstadt, Don't Cry Now, Heart Like A Wheel, Prisoner In Disguise, Hasten Down The Wind, Simple Dreams, Living In The USA, Mad Love, Get Closer, What's New, Lush Life, For Sentimental Reasons, Canciones De Mi Padre, Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind, Mas Canciones, Frenesi, Winter Light, Feels Like Home, Dedicated To The One I Love, We Ran, and Hummin' To Myself. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Linda Ronstadt.

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About Lyrics and Everybody Loves A Winner by Linda Ronstadt

The lyrics for Everybody Loves A Winner are defined as the words making up the song released by Linda Ronstadt in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Everybody Loves A Winner have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Linda Ronstadt and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Everybody Loves A Winner by Linda Ronstadt if you think through it. 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 Everybody Loves A Winner" means the words set to the music of Everybody Loves A Winner, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Linda Ronstadt. 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 Everybody Loves A Winner and the lyrics to Everybody Loves A Winner are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Linda Ronstadt who came here looking just for the lyrics to Everybody Loves A Winner, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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