Lyrics to
If I Laugh

This version of If I Laugh was released by Cat Stevens in 1971.

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If I laugh just a little bit
Maybe I can forget the chance
That I didn’t have to know you
And live in peace, in peace

If I laugh just a little bit
Maybe I can forget the plans that
I didn’t use to get you
At home – with me – alone

If I laugh just a little bit
Maybe I can recall the way
That I used to be, before you
And sleep at night – and dream
If I laugh, baby if I laugh
Just a little bit –

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Cat Stevens has released many songs over the years besides If I Laugh. Cat Stevens released songs from 1967 to 1978 spanning across albums like New Masters, Matthew & Son, Tea For The Tillerman, Mona Bone Jakon, Teaser And The Firecat, Catch Bull At Four, Foreigner, Buddha And The Chocolate Box, Numbers, Izitso, and Back To Earth. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Cat Stevens.

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About Lyrics and If I Laugh by Cat Stevens

The lyrics to If I Laugh are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Cat Stevens in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to If I Laugh are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Cat Stevens and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for If I Laugh back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to If I Laugh by Cat Stevens in a number of ways. 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 If I Laugh" means the words set to the music of If I Laugh, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cat Stevens. 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 If I Laugh and the lyrics to If I Laugh are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cat Stevens who came here looking just for the lyrics to If I Laugh, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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