Lyrics to
Glad To Be Unhappy

This version of Glad To Be Unhappy was released by Barbra Streisand in 1973.

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Look at yourself…
If you had sense of humor
You would laugh to beat the band…
Look at yourself
Do you still believe the rumor
That romance is simply grand?
Since you took it right on the chin
You have lost that bright toothpaste grin
My mental state is all a-jumble
I sit around in sadly mumble
Fools rush in, so here I am!
Very glad to be unhappy
I can’t win, but here I am
More than glad to be unhappy
Unrequited love’s a bore and I’ve got it pretty bad
But for someone you adore
It’s a pleasure to be sad…
Like a straying baby lamb
With no mammy and no pappy
I’m so unhappy
But, oh, so glad!

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About Lyrics and Glad To Be Unhappy by Barbra Streisand

The lyrics for Glad To Be Unhappy are defined as the words making up the song released by Barbra Streisand in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Glad To Be Unhappy have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Barbra Streisand and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Glad To Be Unhappy by Barbra Streisand if you think through it. 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 Glad To Be Unhappy" means the words set to the music of Glad To Be Unhappy, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barbra Streisand. 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 Glad To Be Unhappy and the lyrics to Glad To Be Unhappy are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barbra Streisand who came here looking just for the lyrics to Glad To Be Unhappy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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