Lyrics to
If I Were A Carpenter

This version of If I Were A Carpenter was released by Bob Seger in 1972.

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If I were a carpenter and you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway?
Would you have my baby?

If I worked my hands in wood
I wonder would you still love me?
I say yes, I would, I’ll put you above me
That’s what I want you to say

And would you save my love from loneliness,
Would you save my love from sorrow, if you would
I give you my onlyness, girl and all of my tomorrows

If a tinker were my trade, would you still find me?
Carrying the pots and the pans that I made,
Walking along the highway
That long lonely highway

If I was a carpenter, and you were a lady
And I was just a carpenter,
Instead of a rock and roll star
Just a carpenter
A carpenter
A carpenter

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About Lyrics and If I Were A Carpenter by Bob Seger

The lyrics to If I Were A Carpenter are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Bob Seger used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to If I Were A Carpenter have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Bob Seger 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 If I Were A Carpenter by Bob Seger. 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 Were A Carpenter" means the words set to the music of If I Were A Carpenter, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Seger. 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 Were A Carpenter and the lyrics to If I Were A Carpenter are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Seger who came here looking just for the lyrics to If I Were A Carpenter, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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