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First Week/Last Week… Carefree

This version of First Week/Last Week… Carefree was released by Talking Heads in 1977.

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Can we run that again
Is that a woman’s voice I hear?
I said, “Let’s wait and see. I’ll see for myself”
That’s a phrase I repeat
To myself
Made a reference to me and
that’s myself too

What progress I have made the first week
First Week
First Week
First Week

Every sentence I use
Refer to women and their names
I heard the voice first last week
I heard it myself
Made a reference to me
That’s myself
This report’s incomplete
I see for myself

Every appointment has been moved to last week
Last Week
Last Week
Last Week

oh…
ah…
oh…

I heard the voice first last week
I heard it myself
Made a reference to me
And that’s myself
This report’s incomplete
I see for myself

Every appointment has been been moved to last week
Last Week
Last Week
Last Week

oh…
ah…
oh…

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

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