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Forty-Five Hundred Times

This version of Forty-Five Hundred Times was released by Status Quo in 1973.

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There’s nobody on the end of my line
I’m in time but somebody’s missing
Maybe I can find a hand for my hand
If I find a well for my wishing
Be my friend, be my friend

It gets lonely on a table for two
Laughing on your own can be no fun
Even people that are talking to you
Remind you that you’re really with no-one
Be my friend, be my friend

Take me over like a thing from the past
Lots of people wishing they’d been there
No-one knowing just how long it would last
But I’m sitting still here in my chair
Be my friend, be my friend

Forty-five hundred times I told you how much I care
Forty-five hundred times I told you how much I care
Problems halved are the problems that we can share
White lies in our eyes, together not really there

Forty-five hundred times I told you you can lean on me
Forty-five hundred times I told you you can lean on me
Though it’s taken a long time for you to see
Where we’re at is the right place for us to be

I sure want to stay here, it sure feels fine
I feel I could be here a long long time
Now that I’ve made it, I don’t want to fade it
Now that I’ve made it with you

We came a long way, a slow way too
Up from the down way and back to you
Now that I’ve made it I don’t want to fade it
Now that I’ve made it with you

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About Lyrics and Forty-Five Hundred Times by Status Quo

The lyrics to Forty-Five Hundred Times are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Status Quo used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to Forty-Five Hundred Times have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Status Quo 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 Forty-Five Hundred Times by Status Quo. 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 Forty-Five Hundred Times" means the words set to the music of Forty-Five Hundred Times, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Status Quo. 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 Forty-Five Hundred Times and the lyrics to Forty-Five Hundred Times are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Status Quo who came here looking just for the lyrics to Forty-Five Hundred Times, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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