Lyrics to
Golden Ring

This version of Golden Ring was released by Eric Clapton in 1978.

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He gave to you a golden ring;
It made you happy, it made you sing.
And I played for you on my guitar;
It didn’t last long, we didn’t go far.

And though the times have changed,
We’re rearranged.
Will the ties that bind remain the same?

You came around after a while;
Everyone said that I made you smile.
It all went well, and suddenly then
You heard that he would marry again.

Well I know that I have been here before;
I’ve trod on your wings, I’ve opened the door.
If I gave to you a golden ring
Would I make you happy, would I make you sing?

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About Lyrics and Golden Ring by Eric Clapton

When you decide to study the lyrics to Golden Ring, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Eric Clapton. Some of the lyrics to Golden Ring have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Eric Clapton and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Golden Ring if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Golden Ring" means the words set to the music of Golden Ring, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Eric Clapton. 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 Golden Ring and the lyrics to Golden Ring are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Eric Clapton who came here looking just for the lyrics to Golden Ring, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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