Lyrics to
If Not For You

This version of If Not For You was released by Olivia Newton-John in 1971.

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If not for you
Babe I couldn’t even find the door
I couldn’t even see the floor
I’d be sad and blue
If not for you

If not for you
Babe the night would see me wide awake
The day would surely have to break
And it would not be new
If not for you

If not for you my sky would fall
Rain would gather too
Without your love I’d be nowhere at all
I’d be lost if not for you

If not for you
The winter would hold no spring
Couldn’t hear a robin sing
I just wouldn’t have a clue
It not for you

If not for you my sky would fall
Rain would gather too
Without your love I’d be nowhere at all
I’d be lost if not for you

If not for you
The winter would hold no spring
You couldn’t hear a robin sing
I just wouldn’t have a clue
It not for you
If not for you

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About Lyrics and If Not For You by Olivia Newton-John

When you decide to study the lyrics to If Not For You, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by Olivia Newton-John. Some of the lyrics to If Not For You have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Olivia Newton-John and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to If Not For You 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 If Not For You" means the words set to the music of If Not For You, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Olivia Newton-John. 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 Not For You and the lyrics to If Not For You are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Olivia Newton-John who came here looking just for the lyrics to If Not For You, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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