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Is It A Star?

Released by Hall & Oates in 1974
From the Album: War Babies |

This version of Is It A Star? was released by Hall & Oates in 1974.

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Is it a star, or is it me
You say you believe in
And the nights
When my stage smiles not so wild, and ain’t coming easy
Can’t you see it’s me
All broken down inside
Can’t you see it’s me
All broken down inside
Can’t you see it’s me
Honey, you’ve been dreaming
Then they’ll meet you on the streets, and say they’ve had
A crush on you, for a year or two, maybe three
And they say “Hi, how you doing”, but is it really me, or you,
You say you believe in
Baby, you’ve been dreaming
Can’t you see it’s me
All broken down inside

Can’t you see it’s me
All broken down inside
Can’t you see it’s me
All broken down inside
Can’t you see it’s me

All broken down inside
Baby, you’ve been dreaming
You see it’s me
Is It A Star, or is it me
You say you believe in
And all of the nights
When my stage smile lasts awhile, coming easy

Can’t you see it’s me
All broken down inside
Can’t you see it’s me
All broken down inside
Can’t you see it’s me


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Hall & Oates has released many songs over the years besides Is It A Star?. Hall & Oates released songs from 1972 to 2004 spanning across albums like Whole Oats, Abandoned Luncheonette, War Babies, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Bigger Than Both Of Us, Beauty On A Back Street, Along The Red Ledge, X-Static, Voices, Private Eyes, H2O, Big Bam Boom, Ooh Yeah!, Change Of Season, Marigold Sky, Do It For Love, and Our Kind Of Soul. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Hall & Oates.

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The lyrics to Is It A Star? are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Hall & Oates in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Is It A Star? are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Hall & Oates and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Is It A Star? back when it was created.

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Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Is It A Star? by Hall & Oates in a number of 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 Is It A Star?" means the words set to the music of Is It A Star?, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Hall & Oates. 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 Is It A Star? and the lyrics to Is It A Star? are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Hall & Oates who came here looking just for the lyrics to Is It A Star?, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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