Lyrics to
If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody

This version of If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody was released by Bonnie Raitt in 1972.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Bonnie Raitt or about the 1970s in general.

If you got to make a fool of somebody
If you got to make a fool of someone
Do you really gotta hurt me
I’m the one that’ll worry

Daytime nitetime
Anytime at all
I’ll be there waiting
Anytime you call
Just to be near you
You know
That anywhere I’ll go
How could you hurt me so

Bonnie Raitt has released many songs over the years besides If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody. Bonnie Raitt released songs from 1971 to 2005 spanning across albums like Bonnie Raitt, Give It Up, Takin' My Time, Streetlights, Home Plate, Sweet Forgiveness, The Glow, Green Light, Nine Lives, Nick Of Time, Luck Of The Draw, Longing In Their Hearts, Fundamental, Silver Lining, and Souls Alike. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Bonnie Raitt.

If you're a fan of the music of the 1970s looking for more songs from 1972 or the 1970s overall, you've come to the right place!

The lyrics for If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by Bonnie Raitt. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody 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 You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody - Bonnie Raitt 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 You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody by Bonnie Raitt 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 You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody" means the words set to the music of If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bonnie Raitt. 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 You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody and the lyrics to If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bonnie Raitt who came here looking just for the lyrics to If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

More Songs & Lyrics by Bonnie Raitt

Visit our Bonnie Raitt profile for more Bonnie Raitt songs, lyrics & info!