Lyrics to
For Old Times Sake

This version of For Old Times Sake was released by Carly Simon in 1978.

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Let’s make love for old times sake
Let’s set right an old mistake
Let’s invite our hearts to break
It’s right tonight
But just for old time’s sake

Remember you as Mars
And me as Venus
Strange to see the grey in your hair
And now feel a peace so deep between us
And to realize that we still care

Let’s make love for old times sake
Let’s set right an old mistake
Let’s invite our hearts to break
It’s right tonight
But just for old time’s sake

I used to think we would wind up together
Our destinies always entwined
Oh but your heart kept changing like the weather
And you would up leaving me behind

Let’s make love for old time’s sake
Let’s set right an old mistake
Let’s invite our heart’s to break
It’s right tonight
But just for old time’s sake

Let’s make love for old time’s sake
Let’s set right an old mistake
Let’s invite our heart’s to break
It’s right tonight
But just for old time’s sake

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About Lyrics and For Old Times Sake by Carly Simon

The lyrics for For Old Times Sake are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by Carly Simon. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to For Old Times Sake 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 For Old Times Sake - Carly Simon 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 For Old Times Sake by Carly Simon 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 For Old Times Sake" means the words set to the music of For Old Times Sake, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carly Simon. 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 For Old Times Sake and the lyrics to For Old Times Sake are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carly Simon who came here looking just for the lyrics to For Old Times Sake, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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