Lyrics to Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

This version of Here Today, Gone Tomorrow was released by Ramones in 1977.

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Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
I love you
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
I love you
I do, I do

But I told her why we just can’t make it
I want you still but just can’t take it
The time has come we oughta break it
Someone has to pay the price

Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
It’s over
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
It’s true, it’s true

And I think of times we were together
As time went on it seemed forever
But times have changed
Now things are better
Someone had to pay the price

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About Lyrics and Here Today, Gone Tomorrow by Ramones

The lyrics to Here Today, Gone Tomorrow are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Ramones in 1977. Elements of the lyrics to Here Today, Gone Tomorrow are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Ramones and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Here Today, Gone Tomorrow back when it was created.

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