Lyrics to
Five Short Minutes

This version of Five Short Minutes was released by Jim Croce in 1973.

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Well, she was standing by my dressing room after the show
Asking for my autograph and asked if she could go
Back to my motel room
But the rest is just a tragic tale
Because five short minutes of lovin’
Done brought me twenty long years in jail

Well, like a fool in a hurry I took her to my room
She casted me in plaster while I sang her a tune
Then I said, ‘Ooh, ooee! Sure was a tragic tale
Because five short minutes of lovin’
Done brought me twenty long years in jail’

Well, then a judge and a jury sat me in a room
They say that robbin’ the cradle is worse than robbin’ the tomb

Then I said “Ooh, ooee! Sure was a tragic tale’
(Wasn’t worth it, wasn’t worth it!)
‘Because five short minutes of lovin’
Done brought me twenty long years in jail’

And when I get out of this prison gonna be forty-five
I’ll know I used to like to do it but I won’t remember why
(Wasn’t worth it, wasn’t worth it!)
I’ll say, ‘Ooh, ooee! Sure was a tragic tale
Because five short minutes of lovin’
Done brought me twenty long years in jail’

‘Because five short minutes of lovin’
Done brought me twenty long years in jail’

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About Lyrics and Five Short Minutes by Jim Croce

The lyrics for Five Short Minutes are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1973 song by Jim Croce. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Five Short Minutes have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Five Short Minutes - Jim Croce and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Five Short Minutes by Jim Croce in multiple ways. 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 Five Short Minutes" means the words set to the music of Five Short Minutes, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jim Croce. 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 Five Short Minutes and the lyrics to Five Short Minutes are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jim Croce who came here looking just for the lyrics to Five Short Minutes, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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