Lyrics to
Good Timin’

This version of Good Timin’ was released by Beach Boys in 1979.

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Good good timin’
Good good timin’
Ahhhh Ahhhh
You need good timin’
Good good timin’

All us people
Now we’re just livin’
The world keeps turnin’
And we’re all learnin’

About
Good good timin’
Good good timin’
Ahhhh Ahhhh
You need good timin’
It takes good timin’
You need good timin’
Good good timin’

We’re all goin’ places
Sharin’ each other
A celebration
Of being together

I love
Good good timin’
Good good timin’
Ahhhh Ahhhh
You need good timin’
It takes good timin’
You need good timin’
Yeah
Good good timin’

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You need good timin’
It takes good timin’
You need good timin’
Yeah
Good good timin’

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About Lyrics and Good Timin’ by Beach Boys

The lyrics to Good Timin’ are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Beach Boys used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Good Timin’ have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Beach Boys 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 Timin’ by Beach Boys. 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 Timin’" means the words set to the music of Good Timin’, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Beach Boys. 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 Timin’ and the lyrics to Good Timin’ are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Beach Boys who came here looking just for the lyrics to Good Timin’, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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