Lyrics to
If We Try

This version of If We Try was released by Olivia Newton-John in 1973.

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When I see you on the street
I lose my concentration
And just the thought that we might meet
Creates anticipation
Won’t you look my way once before you go
And my eyes will say what you ought to know
Well, I’ve been thinking about you day and night
And I don’t know if it will work out right
But somehow I think that it just might
If we try

Faces come and faces go in circular rotation
But something yearns within to grow
Beyond infatuation
Won’t you look my way once before you go
And my eyes will say what you ought to know
Well, you got me standing deaf and blind
Cause I see love as just a state of mind
And who knows what it is that we might find
If we try

You’re walking a different direction
From most people I’ve met
You’re giving me signs of affection
I don’t usually get
I don’t want you to pledge your future
The future’s not yours to give
Just stand there a little longer
And let me watch while you live

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About Lyrics and If We Try by Olivia Newton-John

The lyrics for If We Try are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1973 song by Olivia Newton-John. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to If We Try have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for If We Try - Olivia Newton-John and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to If We Try by Olivia Newton-John in multiple 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 We Try" means the words set to the music of If We Try, 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 We Try and the lyrics to If We Try 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 We Try, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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