Lyrics to
Good Company

This version of Good Company was released by Queen in 1975.

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Take good core of what you’ve got
My father said to me
As he puffed his pipe and Baby B.
He dandled on his knee
Don’t fool with fools who’ll turn away
Keep all Good Company

Oo Hoo Oo Hoo
Take care of those you call your own
And keep Good Company

Soon I grew and happy too
My very good friends and me
We’d play all day and Sally J.
The girl from number four
And very soon I begged her won’t you
Keep me Company

Now marriage is an insinuation sure
My wife and I our needs and nothing more
All my friends by a year
By and by disappear
But we’re safe enough behind our door.

I flourished in my humble trade
My reputation grew
The work devoured my waking hours
But when my time was through
Reward of all my efforts my own
Limited Company

I hardly noticed Sall as we
Pated Company
All through the years in the end it appears
There was never really anyone but me

Now I’m old I puff my pipe
But no-one’s there to see

I ponder on the lesson of
My life’s insanity
Take care of those you call your own
And Keep Good Company

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The lyrics to Good Company are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Queen in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Good Company are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Queen and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Good Company back when it was created.

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

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