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I Was A Fool (To Let You Go)

This version of I Was A Fool (To Let You Go) was released by Barry Manilow in 1978.

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After I’ve had my last cigarette
When the night is as black
As the nights goin’ to get
Well I’m still wild awake
Cause I still can’t forget
I was a fool, to let you go
And after I’ve close the bar with the boys
Though I can’t stand the drinks
And I can’t stand the noise
When I know I’ll be back
Cause their’s no other choice
I know I was a fool, to let you go

I was a fool, to think that I could sleep a wink
In this big and deep bed by myself
And I was a fool to wate ,until it was to late
To tell you just how I felt

And after I’ve been with somebody new
And she know’s what to say
Ah but not what to do
Then I know what I’ve lost
And I know it’s so true
No I was a fool, to let you go

And after I’ve been with somebody new
And she knows what to say
Ah but not what to do
Then I know what I’ve lost
And I know it’s so true
When I seen what It caused
And what I’m going through
I know I was a fool
I was a fool to let you go

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The lyrics to I Was A Fool (To Let You Go) are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Barry Manilow used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to I Was A Fool (To Let You Go) have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Barry Manilow and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to I Was A Fool (To Let You Go) by Barry Manilow. 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 Was A Fool (To Let You Go)" means the words set to the music of I Was A Fool (To Let You Go), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barry Manilow. 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 Was A Fool (To Let You Go) and the lyrics to I Was A Fool (To Let You Go) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barry Manilow who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Was A Fool (To Let You Go), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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