Lyrics to
Good Hearted Woman

This version of Good Hearted Woman was released by Willie Nelson in 1972.

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A long time forgotten
are dreams that just felt by the way.
And the good life he promised
ain’t what she’s living to day.
But she never complains of
the bad times or bad things he’s done
Lord.
She’s just talks about the good times
they’ve had and all the good times to come.

She’s a good hearted woman
in love with a good timin’ man.
She loves him in spite of his ways
that she don’t understand.
Through teardrops and laughter
they’ll pass though his world hand in hand.
A good hearted woman
lovin’ her good timin’ man.

He likes the night life
the brightlights and good timin’ friends.
when the party’s all over
she welcome him back home again.
Lord knows she don’t understand him
but she does the best that she can.
‘Cause she’s a good hearted woman
she loves her good timin’ man.

She’s a good hearted woman …

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Willie Nelson has released many songs over the years besides Good Hearted Woman. Willie Nelson released songs from 1962 to 2005 spanning across albums like And Then I Wrote, Here's Willie Nelson, Country Willie - His Own Songs, Country Favorites - Willie Nelson Style, The Party's Over And Other Great Willie Nelson Songs, Make Way For Willie Nelson, Good Times, My Own Peculiar Way, Both Sides Now, Laying My Burdens Down, Yesterday's Wine, Willie Nelson And Family, The Words Don't Fit The Picture, The Willie Way, Shotgun Willie, and Countryman. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Willie Nelson.

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About Lyrics and Good Hearted Woman by Willie Nelson

The lyrics to Good Hearted Woman are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Willie Nelson used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Good Hearted Woman have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Willie Nelson and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Good Hearted Woman by Willie Nelson. 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 Hearted Woman" means the words set to the music of Good Hearted Woman, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Willie Nelson. 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 Hearted Woman and the lyrics to Good Hearted Woman are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Willie Nelson who came here looking just for the lyrics to Good Hearted Woman, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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