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God Only Knows

This version of God Only Knows was released by Carole King in 1977.

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Looks to me like
I’m flyin’ in a pattern I want to break
Sometimes I feel like
I’ve given enough, now I want to take
It’s makin’ me crazy
Thinkin’ about where it’s all gonna lead
And I wonder
If we’re gonna get what we need
God only knows

You’re travelin’ easy
Keeping your mind in an amber haze
But there’s so much between you
And the natural land up on which you were raised
It’s easy to turn your head
And not think about when it all comes down
Don’t you wonder
If you’re gonna be around
God only knows

Maybe it’s not for me to understand
Maybe destruction is part of the plan
Well, I don’t really see
How it can be
Why it should be, I don’t know
I just don’t know

I can’t stop dreamin’
About leavin’ it all behind
Maybe I’ll never get there
Except in my mind
It sure makes me angry
To realize that I’m caught in a game
I used to love everybody
Now it’s so hard to do through this pain
And I wonder
If I’ll ever be the same
God only knows

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About Lyrics and God Only Knows by Carole King

The lyrics for God Only Knows are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Carole King. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to God Only Knows 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 God Only Knows - Carole King 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 God Only Knows by Carole King 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 God Only Knows" means the words set to the music of God Only Knows, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carole King. 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 God Only Knows and the lyrics to God Only Knows are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carole King who came here looking just for the lyrics to God Only Knows, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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