Lyrics to
How Can I Forget

This version of How Can I Forget was released by Marvin Gaye in 1970.

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They ask me to forget about you
Go out and find someone new
But that won’t be eas’, you see
After all the things you’ve done for me
Told the men I ain’t too proud to say
With you I stand tall and strong
‘Cause without you, girl, I’m nothin’ at all

How, how can I forget ya?
After all you’ve done for me
Oh woman, you’ll always be a part of me
I, I can’t forget you
It’s impossible, you see
Woman, you’ll always be a part of me

Girl, I’m down on my bended knees
And I’m beggin’ you please, beggin’ you please
Woman, woman, don’t set me free
‘Cause right this moment in the sun
My life was wastin’ away
Girl, your love gave me hope and strength
You’re the reason I’m alive today
Girl, you don’t realize what your love means to me
It’s more precious than the evergreens

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About Lyrics and How Can I Forget by Marvin Gaye

The lyrics to How Can I Forget are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Marvin Gaye used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to How Can I Forget have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Marvin Gaye 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 How Can I Forget by Marvin Gaye. 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 How Can I Forget" means the words set to the music of How Can I Forget, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Marvin Gaye. 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 How Can I Forget and the lyrics to How Can I Forget are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Marvin Gaye who came here looking just for the lyrics to How Can I Forget, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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