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I’m Giving Up My Worryin’

This version of I’M Giving Up My Worryin’ was released by Status Quo in 1978.

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I’m giving up my worrying
It doesn’t fit my way
I’ve had enough of worrying
And messing up my day

Somebody made me laugh today, it changed the way I am
He terrorised the neighbourhood so I can take the blame
If I take a look, just a little look, I know I’ll be too late
So shall I take a look, ‘cos every time I look
Little, little, just a little late

I’m giving up my worrying
It doesn’t fit my way
I’ve had enough of worrying
And messing up my day

It doesn’t help me listening to everything I hear
It doesn’t make no difference, it never is too clear

I saw a lookalike today, he was a lot to see
He was familiar anyway, he looked a lot like me
Shall I take a look, just a little look, it isn’t very clear
Oh every time I look, if I take a look
Little, little, just a little late

I’m giving up my worrying
It doesn’t fit my way
I’ve had enough of worrying
And messing up my day

It doesn’t help me listening to everything I hear
It doesn’t make no difference, it never is too clear

I’m giving up my worrying
I’ve had enough of worrying
I’m giving up my worrying
I’ve had enough of worrying
I’m giving up my worrying
I’ve had enough of worrying

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When you decide to study the lyrics to I’M Giving Up My Worryin’, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Status Quo. Some of the lyrics to I’M Giving Up My Worryin’ have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Status Quo and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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