Lyrics to Have You Heard

This version of Have You Heard was released by Zz Top in 1973.

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Have you heard ’bout Jo Ti Mahr,
yeah yeah yeah?
Well, then you could not be lost,
yeah yeah yeah.

Which way are you comin’ from,
goin’ up or gettin’ down?
Well, have you thought about it some
or have you put it down?

Have you heard about heaven,
yeah yeah yeah?
Seven come eleven,
yeah yeah yeah.

Have you heard, dear brother,
yeah yeah yeah?
Well, let’s help one another,
yeah yeah yeah.

Have you heard, oh yeh?
Have you heard, oh yeh?
Have you heard, oh yeh?
Have you heard, oh yeh?
Have you heard, oh yeh?
Have you heard, oh yeh?
Have you heard, oh yeh?

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About Lyrics and Have You Heard by Zz Top

The lyrics for Have You Heard are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1973 song by Zz Top. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Have You Heard have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Have You Heard - Zz Top and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Have You Heard by Zz Top in multiple ways. 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 Have You Heard" means the words set to the music of Have You Heard, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Zz Top. 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 Have You Heard and the lyrics to Have You Heard are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Zz Top who came here looking just for the lyrics to Have You Heard, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.