Lyrics to
Feelin’ Down Farther

This version of Feelin’ Down Farther was released by The Doobie Brothers in 1971.

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Well, the sun is shinin’
A new day is here
All the people smilin’
And the sky is clear
Not an hour wasted will I share with you
Got to keep lovin’, mama
No matter what I do
Ooh, ooh, ooh
I got to tell you
Feelin’ down farther
Feelin’ farther down
Feelin’ down farther, baby
Feelin’ farther down
Feelin’ down farther
Feelin’ farther down
Feelin’ down farther, baby
Feelin’ farther down

Jesus, hear me
When I sing out loud
The echoes of my gladness
Fall upon the crowd
I don’t care for sadness
And I don’t need fear
I hope they finally realize
That the feelin’ is near

Ooh, ooh, ooh
I got to tell you
Feelin’ down farther
Feelin’ farther down
Feelin’ down farther, baby
Feelin’ farther down
Feelin’ down farther
Feelin’ farther down
Feelin’ down farther, baby
Feelin farther down

Givin’ and receivin’
Are all I know
Some of you will find it
And you’ll prob’bly let it show
Only one thing that I know to be true
Every day is different, mama
And so are you

Ooh, ooh, ooh
I got to tell you
Feelin’ down farther
Feelin’ farther down
Feelin’ down farther, baby
Feelin’ farther down
Feelin’ down farther
Feelin’ farther down
Feelin’ down farther, baby
Feelin farther down

Feelin’ down farther
Feelin’ farther down
Feelin’ down farther, baby
Feelin’ farther down
Feelin’ down farther
Feelin’ farther down
Feelin’ down farther, baby
Feelin’ farther down

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The Doobie Brothers has released many songs over the years besides Feelin’ Down Farther. The Doobie Brothers released songs from 1971 to 2000 spanning across albums like The Doobie Brothers, Toulouse Street, The Captain And Me, What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits, Stampede, Takin' It To The Streets, Livin' On The Fault Line, Minute By Minute, One Step Closer, Cycles, Brotherhood, and Sibling Rivalry. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by The Doobie Brothers.

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The lyrics to Feelin’ Down Farther are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Doobie Brothers used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to Feelin’ Down Farther have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Doobie Brothers and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Feelin’ Down Farther by The Doobie Brothers. 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 Feelin’ Down Farther" means the words set to the music of Feelin’ Down Farther, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Doobie Brothers. 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 Feelin’ Down Farther and the lyrics to Feelin’ Down Farther are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Doobie Brothers who came here looking just for the lyrics to Feelin’ Down Farther, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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