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Is That The Thanks I Get?

This version of Is That The Thanks I Get? was released by Rod Stewart in 1978.

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Did you think I’d take it sitting down
and let you walk all over me
Thought you knew me much better than that
I keep much better company

With your lawyers and your two timing friends
I guess you know who I mean
Your detectives and your private eyes
could never win me back again

Just where did it get ya
What satisfaction was had
You kicked the shit right in my face
Is that all the thanks I get

You said we made such a pretty pair
living in harmony
I’m sorry honey but I disagree
it seemed more like a comedy

Just look how you lied girl
that Judas right by your side
He hung you up so you cut me right down
Is that all the thanks I get

Guess I’ll find me a brand new girl
That won’t take too very long
There’s so many floatin’ ’round this town
waitin’ by the telephone
And if you want me I’ll be in the bar
back into my usual ways
Or on the corner with the rest of the boys
You and I were just a breath away
It was great while it lasted
but oh Lord it turned nasty
You didn’t give me one chance to explain
Well is that all the thanks I get

Is that the thanks I get
Is that the thanks I get
Is that the thanks I get for loving you
Is that the thanks I get
Is that the thanks I get
Is that the thanks I get for loving you

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Rod Stewart has released many songs over the years besides Is That The Thanks I Get?. Rod Stewart released songs from 1969 to 2005 spanning across albums like An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down, Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells A Story, Never A Dull Moment, Smiler, Atlantic Crossing, A Night On The Town, Foot Loose & Fancy Free, Blondes Have More Fun, Foolish Behavior, Tonight I'm Yours, Body Wishes, Camouflage, Every Beat Of My Heart, Out Of Order, Vagabond Heart, Lead Vocalist, Unplugged... And Seated, A Spanner In The Works, If We Fall In Love Tonight, When We Were The New Boys, Human, It Had To Be You... The Great American Songbook, Stardust...The Great American Songbook: Volume III, and Thanks For The Memory... The Great American Songbook: Volume IV. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Rod Stewart.

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

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