Lyrics to
I Was The Child

This version of I Was The Child was released by Bee Gees in 1970.

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When I was you we walked to school
And I carried your books ’cause even then I was a fool
But you grew up and said goodbye
I still remember the things that made me cry

For all too soon my story ends
I found a love, now not even friends
Tell me why
loving you , loving me like you used to do
I was the child

I held your hand and I told you things
And I made you believe, believe in fairy tales
and diamond rings

hen all too soon my story ends
I found a love ,now not even friends
Tell me why
loving you , loving me like you used to do
I was the child
Ah …..

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When you decide to study the lyrics to I Was The Child, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1970 song by Bee Gees. Some of the lyrics to I Was The Child have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Bee Gees and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to I Was The Child if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 The Child" means the words set to the music of I Was The Child, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bee Gees. 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 The Child and the lyrics to I Was The Child are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bee Gees who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Was The Child, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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