Lyrics to
I Thank You

This version of I Thank You was released by Zz Top in 1979.

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You didn’t have to love me like you did
But you did, but you did.
And I thank you.
You didn’t have to love me like you did
But you did, but you did.
And I thank you.
But you took your love to someone else
I wouldn’t know what it meant to be loved to death

You made me feel like I’ve never felt
Kisses so good I had to holler for help
You didn’t have to squeeze it but you did
But you did but you did
And I thank you.
You didn’t have to hold it but you did
But you did but you did
And I thank you.

Every day was something new,
You put on your bag and your fine to-do
You got me trying new things too
Just so I can keep up with you.

You didn’t have to shake it but you did
But you did but you did
And I thank you.
You didn’t have to make it like you did
but you did but you did
And I thank you.

All my life I’ve been shortchanged
Without your love baby it’s a crying shame
But now I know what the fellas talking about
Hear me say that they been turned out
I want to thank you
I want to thank you
I want to thank you
Yes, I want to thank you

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Zz Top has released many songs over the years besides I Thank You. Zz Top released songs from 1971 to 2003 spanning across albums like ZZ Top's First Album, Rio Grande Mud, Tres Hombres, Fandango!, Tejas, Deguello, El Loco, Eliminator, Afterburner, Recycler, Antenna, Rhythmeen, XXX, and Mescalero. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Zz Top.

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About Lyrics and I Thank You by Zz Top

The lyrics for I Thank You are defined as the words making up the song released by Zz Top in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to I Thank You have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Zz Top and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to I Thank You by Zz Top if you think through it. 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 Zz Top. 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 Zz Top 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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