Lyrics to
How The Story Goes

This version of How The Story Goes was released by Reo Speedwagon in 1972.

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Telephone girl talkin to her mother’s voice
Yet she knows these days will soon be gone
Cadillac crews take the band away tonight
Ain’t it funny how the story goes
It’s a dream I had playin music in my band
It’s a dream I had to be happy with the woman I love
Well if dreams came true
And they definitely do
For sayin I’m a fool
Ain’t it funny how the story goes
Ain’t it funny how the story goes
Hollywood queen lookin from her lacy tomb
It’s strange to know that I can laugh at you
Flash guitar instead of an architects tool
Ain’t it funny how the story goes
It’s a dream I had playin music in a band
It’s a dream I had to be happy with the woman I love
But if dreams came true
And they definitely do
For sayin I’m a fool
Ain’t it funny how the story goes
Ain’t it funny how the story goes

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Reo Speedwagon has released many songs over the years besides How The Story Goes. Reo Speedwagon released songs from 1971 to 2007 spanning across albums like REO Speedwagon, R.E.O / T.W.O., Ridin' The Storm Out, Lost In A Dream, This Time We Mean It, R.E.O., You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish, Nine Lives, Hi Infidelity, Good Trouble, Wheels Are Turnin', Life As We Know It, The Earth, A Small Man, His Dog And A Chicken, Building The Bridge, and Find Your Own Way Home. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Reo Speedwagon.

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About Lyrics and How The Story Goes by Reo Speedwagon

The lyrics to How The Story Goes are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Reo Speedwagon in 1972. Elements of the lyrics to How The Story Goes are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Reo Speedwagon and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for How The Story Goes back when it was created.

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

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