Lyrics to
Family Table

This version of Family Table was released by Bill Withers in 1975.

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I will follow my dreams wherever
They take me
I will stand upon the mountain and look down upon the seashores
But I’ll always remember
The family table
If I don’t ever go there anymore
I will stand up when it seems
That my troubles might break me
I will listen even though I know I’ve
Heard it all before
But I’ll always remember
The family table
If I don’t ever go there anymore

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Family Table, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1975 song by Bill Withers. Some of the lyrics to Family Table have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Bill Withers and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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