Lyrics to
Growing Away From Me

This version of Growing Away From Me was released by Carole King in 1971.

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You’ve been my life to me
My very soul and my heart
But lately something’s come over you
And it’s tearing me apart

Darlin’, I feel you growing away from me
More and more each day
Whatever you want me to be, I’ll be
If it keeps you from growing away from me

Even though you say you love me
The feeling’s no longer there
I know there’s somebody else
And it’s more than I can bear

Darlin’, I feel you growing away from me
More and more each day
Whatever you want me to be, I’ll be
If it keeps you from growing away from me

Believe me, I would let you go if I could
But I don’t know if it’s worse being lonely
Than having you here in body only

It’s no use pretending
When the love you used to feel is gone
Yet even though I’m losing you
I can’t help trying to hold on

Darlin’, I feel you growing away from me
More and more and more each day
Whatever you want me to be, I’ll be
If it keeps you from growing away from me
I feel you growing away from me

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About Lyrics and Growing Away From Me by Carole King

When you decide to study the lyrics to Growing Away From Me, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by Carole King. Some of the lyrics to Growing Away From Me have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Carole King and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Growing Away From Me 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 Growing Away From Me" means the words set to the music of Growing Away From Me, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carole King. 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 Growing Away From Me and the lyrics to Growing Away From Me are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carole King who came here looking just for the lyrics to Growing Away From Me, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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