Lyrics to
I’ve Been This Way Before

This version of I’Ve Been This Way Before was released by Neil Diamond in 1974.

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I’ve seen the light
And I’ve seen the flame
And I’ve been this way before
And I’m sure to be this way again

For I’ve been refused
And I’ve been regained
And I’ve seen your eyes before
And I’m sure to see your eyes again
Once again

For I’ve been released
And I’ve been regained
And I’ve sung my song before
And I’m sure to sing my song again
Once again

Some people got to laugh
Some people got to cry
And some people got to make it through
By never wondering why

Some people got to sing
Some people got to sigh
Some people never see the light
Until the day they die

But I’ve been released
And I’ve been regained
And I’ve been this way before
And I’m sure to be this way again
Once again
One more time again
Just one more time

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The lyrics for I’Ve Been This Way Before are defined as the words making up the song released by Neil Diamond in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to I’Ve Been This Way Before have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Neil Diamond and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to I’Ve Been This Way Before by Neil Diamond if you think through it. 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’Ve Been This Way Before" means the words set to the music of I’Ve Been This Way Before, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Neil Diamond. 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’Ve Been This Way Before and the lyrics to I’Ve Been This Way Before are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Neil Diamond who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’Ve Been This Way Before, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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