Lyrics to
I’d Rather Go Blind

This version of I’D Rather Go Blind was released by Rod Stewart in 1972.

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Something told me it was over
when I saw you and him talking
Something deep down in my soul said “Cry boy”
when I saw you and him out walking
I would rather, I would rather go blind girl
than to see you walk away from me child
So you see I love you so much
I don’t want to see you leave me baby
most of all I just don’t, I just don’t want to be free

I was just, I was just sitting here thinking
of your kiss and your warm embrace child
When the reflection in the glass
that I been held to my lips now baby
revealed the tears I had on my face
I would rather, I would rather be blind child
than to see you walk away from me
Baby, baby, baby I would rather go blind
than to see you walk away from me

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About Lyrics and I’D Rather Go Blind by Rod Stewart

When you decide to study the lyrics to I’D Rather Go Blind, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by Rod Stewart. Some of the lyrics to I’D Rather Go Blind have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Rod Stewart and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to I’D Rather Go Blind 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’D Rather Go Blind" means the words set to the music of I’D Rather Go Blind, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rod Stewart. 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’D Rather Go Blind and the lyrics to I’D Rather Go Blind are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rod Stewart who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’D Rather Go Blind, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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