Lyrics to
Hello, Old Friend

This version of Hello, Old Friend was released by James Taylor in 1974.

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Paris’ rooftops were lovely to see.
Switzerland’s vertical landscape crossed my mind’s eye just now.
Canada’s shoreline has been calling out to me, but it’s been too long a time
Since last I crossed that vast Nantucket sound,

hello old friend, welcome me home again. Well, I’ve been away but that’s all over now.
Say I can stay for October, now, stay a while and play.

Little dog David, I must look like a fool.
I should’ve remembered you’d be forgetting my smell, well.
Give me a week or two to recapture my cool, I’ve got stories to tell
about how I snatched the devil’s catch and out ran the hounds of hell.

Hello old friend, welcome me home again. Well, I’ve been away but that’s all over now.
Say I can stay for October, now, stay a while and see.

Hello old friend, welcome me home again. Well, I’ve been away but that’s all over now.
Isn’t it nice to be home again, over here it’s clear. Hello, old friend.

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James Taylor has released many songs over the years besides Hello, Old Friend. James Taylor released songs from 1968 to 2002 spanning across albums like James Taylor, Sweet Baby James, Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon, One Man Dog, Walking Man, Gorilla, In The Pocket, JT, Flag, Dad Loves His Work, That's Why I'm Here, Never Die Young, New Moon Shine, Hourglass, and October Road. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by James Taylor.

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About Lyrics and Hello, Old Friend by James Taylor

The lyrics to Hello, Old Friend are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by James Taylor in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Hello, Old Friend are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by James Taylor and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Hello, Old Friend back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Hello, Old Friend by James Taylor in a number of 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 Hello, Old Friend" means the words set to the music of Hello, Old Friend, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by James Taylor. 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 Hello, Old Friend and the lyrics to Hello, Old Friend are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of James Taylor who came here looking just for the lyrics to Hello, Old Friend, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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