Lyrics to
Just Because

This version of Just Because was released by John Lennon in 1975.

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Ah, remember this?
Why I must have been thirteen when this came out
Or was it fourteen? Or was it twenty-two?
I could have been twelve actually

Just because you left and said, goodbye
Do you think that I will sit and cry?
Even if my heart should tell me so
Darlin’, I would rather let you go

Just because I want someone who’s kind
With a heart as good and pure as mine
But maybe I am askin’ for too much
Darlin’, please don’t ever break my heart

I know you think you’re smart
Just runnin’ around and breaking lovers hearts

Just because you left and said, goodbye, hey
Do you think that I will sit and cry?
Even if my heart should tell me so
Darlin’, I would rather let you go

This is Dr. Winston O’ Boggie saying goodnight
From record plant east, New York
We hope you had a swell time
Ev’rybody here says, ‘Hi’, goodbye

Just because you left and said, goodbye
Do you think that I will sit and cry?
Even if my heart should tell me so
Darlin’, I would rather let you go

Goodbye, so long
Been a long year

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About Lyrics and Just Because by John Lennon

When you decide to study the lyrics to Just Because, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1975 song by John Lennon. Some of the lyrics to Just Because have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only John Lennon and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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