Lyrics to
Give Me An Inch

This version of Give Me An Inch was released by Robert Palmer in 1975.

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Give me an inch, girl
Give me an inch, girl
Give me an inch, girl
Give me an inch, girl
My eyes show me more than I’ve seen
But unlike my poor heart they’re not cautious
I got to thinking love was a dream
Misunderstanding my fortunes
I should have taken more heed of my heart
Telling me how to live
But if you give me an inch, girl
I’ll give you a mile
Oh, I’ll make it all worth while
And I’ll make you see
Just how much you mean to me
Well ain’t it easy to go head-over-heels
When you need the right person
You got to learn to smile about it
Nothing you do will feel certain
Here I stand with my heart in command
And it’s you I want to be with
Give me an inch, girl
I’m in need of you
Don’t leave me in the cold
When I want to trust in you
Don’t turn me away
Life can be a worry
When it’s all work and no play
Give me an inch, girl
I’ll give you a mile
Oh, I’ll make it all worth while
And I’ll make you see
Just how much
Just how much you mean to me
Give me an inch,
I’ll give you a mile
And I’ll make you see
Just how much, just how much you mean to me
Give me an inch, girl
Oh, I’m in need of you
Don’t leave me in the cold
When I want to trust in you

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About Lyrics and Give Me An Inch by Robert Palmer

The lyrics for Give Me An Inch are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Robert Palmer. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Give Me An Inch 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 Give Me An Inch - Robert Palmer 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 Give Me An Inch by Robert Palmer 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 Give Me An Inch" means the words set to the music of Give Me An Inch, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Robert Palmer. 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 Give Me An Inch and the lyrics to Give Me An Inch are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Robert Palmer who came here looking just for the lyrics to Give Me An Inch, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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