Lyrics to
Everyday

This version of Everyday was released by Gil Scott-Heron in 1970.

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I can’t seem to find
the words to say (to say)

I don’t have strength to play the games
you need to play (to play)

Every day I seem to be running from the truth
I ask myself questions but it just ain’t no use
‘Cause it seems no matter, no matter, what I try to do
I’m still loving and living, lying and losing
Every day (Yeah, every day)

I’ve got a job
And to say the least
It don’t mean a thing (it don’t mean a thing)
It don’t begin to compare
With the hurt and pair that I’ve seen (I’ve seen)
Sometimes I know I can’t tell wrong from right
I don’t seem to know day from night
It’s no wonder that the whole world uptight
They’re just loving and living, lying and losing
Every day (Yeah, every day)

Stop on the way home
From work to have a drink
Just to give myself a little time to think
‘Cause it seems that more and more I start to realize
That the truth that I wanted
The love that I needed
Has somehow disappeared before my eyes

I can’t seem to find the words I need to say (to say)
I can’t find strength enough to play the games you need, you need to play (to play)
‘Cause every day you got me, got me running from the truth
And no matter, no matter what I try to do
It seems that somehow it just ain’t no use
I’m still loving and living, lying and losing
Can’t seem to remember
God it’s so confusing
I’m still loving and living, lying and losing
Every day (Yeah, every day)

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About Lyrics and Everyday by Gil Scott-Heron

When you decide to study the lyrics to Everyday, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1970 song by Gil Scott-Heron. Some of the lyrics to Everyday have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Gil Scott-Heron and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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