Lyrics to
I’ll Get Even With You

This version of I’Ll Get Even With You was released by Foreigner in 1979.

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You gave it to me real low
You gave me such a low blow
You caught me with my guard down
You floored me in the first round

You gave it to me real low
You gave me such a low blow
You hit me on the blind side
You took me for a big ride

But I won’t let it get to me
I couldn’t go through all that
No, I won’t let it get to me
I’ll try and hold it all back

And get even with you
I’ll get even with you
Yeah, I’ll get even with you
You’ll get what’s comin’ to you

You gave it to me real low
You give me such a low blow
You kick a man when he’s down
You kick him when he’s on the ground, yeah, yeah

You gave it to me real low
You give me such a low blow
You got me in a tailspin
You really tried to do me in

But I won’t let it get to me
I couldn’t go through all that
No, I won’t let it get to me
I’ll try and hold it all back

But I’ll get even with you
I’ll get even with you
Hey, I’ll get even with you
You’ll get what’s comin’ to you

I’ll get even with you, I’ll get even with you, wait ‘n’ see
I’ll get even with you, I’ll get even with you
I’ll get even with you, I’ll get even with you
I’ll get even with you, I’ll get even with you
You’ll get what’s comin’ to you

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Foreigner has released many songs over the years besides I’Ll Get Even With You. Foreigner released songs from 1977 to 1994 spanning across albums like Foreigner, Double Vision, Head Games, 4, Agent Provocateur, Inside Information, Unusual Heat, and Mr Moonlight. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Foreigner.

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About Lyrics and I’Ll Get Even With You by Foreigner

When you decide to study the lyrics to I’Ll Get Even With You, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Foreigner. Some of the lyrics to I’Ll Get Even With You have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Foreigner and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to I’Ll Get Even With 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 I’Ll Get Even With You" means the words set to the music of I’Ll Get Even With You, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Foreigner. 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 I’Ll Get Even With You and the lyrics to I’Ll Get Even With You are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Foreigner who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’Ll Get Even With You, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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