Lyrics to
Going Down On Love

This version of Going Down On Love was released by John Lennon in 1974.

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Got to get down, down on my knees
Got to get down, down on my knees
Going down on love
Going down on love
Going down, going down, going down

When the real thing goes wrong
And you can’t get it on
And your love she has gone
And you got to carry on
And you shoot out the light
Ain’t coming home for the night
You know you got to, got to, got to pay the price

Somebody please, please help me
You know I’m drowning in the sea of hatred

Got to get down, down on my knees
Got to get down, down on my knees
Going down on love
Going down on love
Going down, going down, going down

Something precious and rare
Disappears in thin air
And it seems so unfair
Nothing doin’ nowhere
Well you burn all your boats
And you sow your wild oats
Well you know, you know, you know the price is right!

Got to get down, down on my knees
Got to get down, down on my knees
Got to get down, down on my knees
Got to get down, down on my knees

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The lyrics to Going Down On Love are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by John Lennon in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Going Down On Love are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by John Lennon and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Going Down On Love back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Going Down On Love by John Lennon in a number of 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 Going Down On Love" means the words set to the music of Going Down On Love, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Lennon. 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 Going Down On Love and the lyrics to Going Down On Love are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Lennon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Going Down On Love, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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