Lyrics to
Just Not True

Released by Carly Simon in 1974
From the Album: Hotcakes |

This version of Just Not True was released by Carly Simon in 1974.

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You stick to me when I wish you gone
You hammer on my thoughts through dreams
Your plot is thick with saucy schemes
And ways to reach my balconies
But I say I’m not turned on by the way you look
I say I’m not turned on by the way you act
I’m not turned on when you tell me that you need me
But sometimes, just sometimes
You can see the softness in my eyes
And you know, It’s just not true

You’re in my blood, a Holy Ghost
I scream, but it’s a hollow plea
The thoughts I swallow leave me thirsty
You do a very fine imitation of me
And I say I’m not turned on by the way you laugh
I’m not turned on by the way you smile
I’m not turned on when you tell me that you love me
But sometimes, just sometimes
You can see the softness in my eyes
And you know, it’s just not true

And I say I’m not turned on by the way you dance
I’m not turned on my the way you laugh
I’m not turned on when you need me
But sometimes, just sometimes
You can see the softness in my eyes
And you know, it’s just not true.


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Carly Simon has released many songs over the years besides Just Not True. Carly Simon released songs from 1971 to 2008 spanning across albums like Carly Simon, Anticipation, No Secrets, Hotcakes, Playing Possum, Another Passenger, Boys In The Trees, Spy, Come Upstairs, Torch, Hello Big Man, Spoiled Girl, Coming Around Again, Working Girl, Have You Seen Me Lately, My Romance, This Is My Life, Letters Never Sent, Film Noir, The Bedroom Tapes, Piglet's Big Movie, Christmas Is Almost Here Again, Moonlight Serenade, Into White, and This Kind Of Love. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Carly Simon.

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The lyrics to Just Not True are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Carly Simon in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Just Not True are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Carly Simon and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Just Not True back when it was created.

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Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Just Not True by Carly Simon in a number of 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 Just Not True" means the words set to the music of Just Not True, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carly Simon. 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 Not True and the lyrics to Just Not True are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carly Simon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Just Not True, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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