Lyrics to
I Thank You

This version of I Thank You was released by Bonnie Raitt in 1979.

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You didn’t have to love me like you did
But you did
Yes you did
And I thank you

You didn’t have to hold me like you did
But you did
Yes you did
And I thank you

If you took your love somewhere else
I wouldn’t know what it meant to be loved to death
You make me feel, Like I’ve never felt
Kisses so good I’ve got to holler for help
You didn’t have to shake it like you did
But you did
Yes you did
And I thank you

You didn’t have to make it like you did
But you did
Yes you did
And I thank you

All my life I’ve been short changed
Without your love baby, it’s a crying shame
Now I know what the girls were talking about
When they say that ya…..oooooooooooooh
I wanna thank you baby
Thank you honey
I’ve got to thank you Oooooh hoooooo
Baby yeaahhhh

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About Lyrics and I Thank You by Bonnie Raitt

The lyrics for I Thank You are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Bonnie Raitt. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to I Thank You 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 I Thank You - Bonnie Raitt 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 I Thank You by Bonnie Raitt 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 I Thank You" means the words set to the music of I Thank You, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bonnie Raitt. 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 I Thank You and the lyrics to I Thank You are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bonnie Raitt who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Thank You, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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