Lyrics to
Guilty

This version of Guilty was released by Bonnie Raitt in 1973.

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Yeah baby, I’ve been drinking,
And I shouldn’t come by I know
But I found myself in trouble darling,
And I had nowhere else to go

Got some whiskey from a bar man,
Got some cocaine from a friend
I just had to keep on moving,
Till I was back in your arms again

Well I’m guilty, yeah I’m guilty,
I’ll be guilty for the rest of my life
How come I never do,
What I’m supposed to do
How come nothing that I try to do ever turns out right

Well you know how it is with me baby,
You know I just can’t stand myself
It takes a whole lot of medicine,
For me to pretend to be somebody else.

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About Lyrics and Guilty by Bonnie Raitt

The lyrics for Guilty are defined as the words making up the song released by Bonnie Raitt in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Guilty have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Bonnie Raitt and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Guilty by Bonnie Raitt if you think through it. 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 Guilty" means the words set to the music of Guilty, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bonnie Raitt. 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 Guilty and the lyrics to Guilty are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bonnie Raitt who came here looking just for the lyrics to Guilty, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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