Lyrics to
Guilty

This version of Guilty was released by Joe Cocker in 1974.

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Yes, baby, I been drinkin’
And I shouldn’t come by I know
But I found myself in trouble
And I had nowhere else to go

Got some whisky from the barman
Got some cocaine from a friend
I just had to keep on movin’
Til I was back in your arms again

Guilty, baby I’m guilty
And I’ll be guilty the rest of my life
How come I never do what I’m supposed to do
How come nothin’ that I try to do ever turns out right?

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

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About Lyrics and Guilty by Joe Cocker

The lyrics to Guilty are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Joe Cocker used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to Guilty have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Joe Cocker 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 Guilty by Joe Cocker. 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 Joe Cocker. 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 Joe Cocker 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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