Lyrics to
Hello Old Friend

This version of Hello Old Friend was released by Eric Clapton in 1976.

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As I am strolling down the garden path,
I saw a flower glowing in the dark.
It looked so pretty and it was unique;
I had to bend down just to have a peek.

Hello old friend,
It’s really good to see you once again.
Hello old friend,
It’s really good to see you once again.

I saw you walking underneath the stars;
I couldn’t stop ’cause I was in a car.
I’m sure the distance wouldn’t be too far
If I got out and walked to where you are.

An old man passed me on the street today;
I thought I knew him but I couldn’t say.
I stopped to think if I could place his frame.
When he tipped his hat I knew his name.

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About Lyrics and Hello Old Friend by Eric Clapton

The lyrics for Hello Old Friend are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by Eric Clapton. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Hello Old Friend 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 Hello Old Friend - Eric Clapton 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 Hello Old Friend by Eric Clapton 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 Hello Old Friend" means the words set to the music of Hello Old Friend, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Eric Clapton. 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 Eric Clapton 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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