Lyrics to
I Think I Can Hear You

This version of I Think I Can Hear You was released by Carole King in 1972.

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What must I do
How can I serve you
Is it true what I do is the way to be near you
I’m listening, though sometimes I can’t hear you

Looking around fills me with wonder
At the way you can keep this old world running smoothly
Thinking of you always seems to soothe me

I know you’re probably not a man or a woman
Or a time or a season
But I’m here, and life is dear
And I guess that’s a good enough reason
To say

Just let me do
What you put me here to
Let me be what you want me to be
And I hope it’ll cheer you
I’m listening, and I think I can hear you

Even when I thought I didn’t believe
You believed in me
And everyone is a part of you
And anyone can know you
All they’ve got to do is be
I’m listening, and I think I can hear you

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Carole King has released many songs over the years besides I Think I Can Hear You. Carole King released songs from 1968 to 2005 spanning across albums like Now That Everything's Been Said, Writer, Tapestry, Music, Rhymes & Reasons, Fantasy, Wrap Around Joy, Really Rosie, Thoroughbred, Simple Things, Welcome Home, Touch The Sky, Pearls: Songs Of Goffin And King, One To One, Speeding Time, City Streets, Colour Of Your Dreams, Love Makes The World, and The Living Room Tour. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Carole King.

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About Lyrics and I Think I Can Hear You by Carole King

The lyrics for I Think I Can Hear You are defined as the words making up the song released by Carole King in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to I Think I Can Hear 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 Carole King 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 Think I Can Hear You by Carole King 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 Think I Can Hear You" means the words set to the music of I Think I Can Hear You, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carole King. 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 Think I Can Hear You and the lyrics to I Think I Can Hear You are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carole King who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Think I Can Hear You, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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