Lyrics to
Just Once In My Life

This version of Just Once In My Life was released by Beach Boys in 1976.

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There’s a lot of things I want
A lot of things that I’d like to be
But girl I don’t foresee
A rags to riches story for me
I’ve given up on schemes
Cause everyone fell through
I’ve given up so many things
Don’t ask me to give up on you

And baby baby
Just once in my life
Let me get what I want
Girl don’t let me down
Just once in my life
Let me hold onto
A good thing I found
Don’t let me down
Baby say that you’ll be staying

I couldn’t face the day
If you weren’t here by my side
And if you went away
Then I’d be left without any pride
There’s just one little dream
I’ve got to make come true
There’s just one round I’ve got to win
I can’t be a loser with you

And baby baby
Just once in my life
Let me get what I want
Girl don’t let me down
Just once in my life
Let me hold onto
A good thing I found
Don’t let me down
Baby say that you’ll be staying

Every pot of gold
Ain’t so easy to find
And if you’ll stand by me
Girl I’ll give you some of mine
I can’t give you the world
But I’ll work hard for you girl
Well I’ll work hard
Every day
Baby don’t leave me
Now say you won’t leave me
Do this for me baby

Once in my life
Let me get what I want
Girl don’t let me down
Just once in my life
Let me hold onto
A good thing I found
Don’t let me down
Baby say that

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Just Once In My Life, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Beach Boys. Some of the lyrics to Just Once In My Life have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Beach Boys and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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