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How Many Times

This version of How Many Times was released by Cat Stevens in 1973.

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How many times must I get up
Look out and see the same old view
How many times must I wear the same old things
And hear the same old things that I do, I do
How many times must I clean this face my face
And how many times must I shine my shoes, oh Lord
How many times must I drink the same old drink
And dream the same old dreams that I do

Because I, I know one thing
There ain’t nothing that could ever ease the pain
But for your line and mine
I want that loving again

How many times must I pass your place. your place
And how many times must I follow you, you
How many times must I see the same old things
When all I should be seeing is you

Because I, I know one thing
There ain’t nothing that could ever ease the pain
But for your line and mine
I want that loving again, again

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When you decide to study the lyrics to How Many Times, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Cat Stevens. Some of the lyrics to How Many Times have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Cat Stevens and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to How Many Times if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Many Times" means the words set to the music of How Many Times, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cat Stevens. 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 Many Times and the lyrics to How Many Times are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cat Stevens who came here looking just for the lyrics to How Many Times, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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