Lyrics to
I’ve Been Working

This version of I’Ve Been Working was released by Van Morrison in 1970.

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I’ve been workin’
I’ve been workin’ so hard

I’ve been workin’
I’ve been workin’ so hard

I come home
I’ll make-a love to you
I’ll make-a love to you

I’ve been grindin’
I’ve been grindin’ so long

I’ve been grindin’
I’ve been grindin’ so long

Been up the thruway, down the thruway
Up the thruway, down the thruway
Up, down, back and up again

And I said
Woman, woman, woman, woman
Woman, woman, woman, woman
Make me feel so good

Woman, woman, woman, woman
Woman, woman, woman, woman
Make me feel alright

You’re alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright

You’re alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright

Mmm-mm-mm-mmm

And I said
Woman, woman, woman, woman
Woman, woman, woman, woman
Make me feel so good

Woman, woman, woman, woman
Woman, woman, woman, woman
Make me feel alright

You’re alright
Alright, alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright

You’re alright
Alright, alright, alright, alright
Alright, alright, alright, alright

Make me feel so good

Set my soul on fire

Set my soul on fire

Ooo-wee

Mmm-hmm-mm.

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About Lyrics and I’Ve Been Working by Van Morrison

The lyrics for I’Ve Been Working are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1970 song by Van Morrison. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to I’Ve Been Working have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for I’Ve Been Working - Van Morrison and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to I’Ve Been Working by Van Morrison in multiple 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 I’Ve Been Working" means the words set to the music of I’Ve Been Working, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Van Morrison. 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 Working and the lyrics to I’Ve Been Working are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Van Morrison who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’Ve Been Working, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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