Lyrics to
It’s Up To You

This version of It’S Up To You was released by John Denver in 1974.

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You can do whatever you want to do, wherever you want to go, it’s up to you.
And wouldn’t it be fine following your heart, playing your own part.
You and me out on the farm, let the sun be our alarm.
Kicking off our shoes, doing what we choose.
And wouldn’t it be fine knowing that you’re mine anytime you want to be.

But I don’t want to own you, I just want to hold you.
I don’t want to need you, I just like to see you smile and stay for a while.

And if the times get rough being free might be enough
to keep our feelings warm, see us through the storm.
And wouldn’t it be fine looking back and knowing that we helped each other find.
You can do whatever you want to do wherever you want to go, it’s up to you.
And wouldn’t it be fine following your heart,
Knowing from the start it’s up to you, it’s up to you, it’s up to you.

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About Lyrics and It’S Up To You by John Denver

When you decide to study the lyrics to It’S Up To You, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by John Denver. Some of the lyrics to It’S Up To You have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only John Denver and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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