Lyrics to
Lend A Helpin’ Hand

This version of Lend A Helpin’ Hand was released by Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1978.

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Oh. Now when you think the time’s __
Take a look around
‘Cause babies are dying from disease
Sleeping out on the ground
People never seen the tortured eyes
From a foreign land. No
When you see somebody who’s down and out
Lend a helpin’ hand
You better, lend a helpin’ hand. If you can
Lend a helpin’ hand
Do it if you can

Oh. Every time you feed your face
Do you bow your head
Hunger kills each and every day
Won’t you share your bread
If you’ve ever felt the pain inside
I know you’d understand
When you see somebody who’s down and out
Lend a helpin’ hand
You better, lend a helpin’ hand. If you can
Lend a helpin’ hand
Do it if you can

Oh. Every time you feed that face
Do you look around
For somebody right in your own neighborhood
Sleepin out on the ground
And do some down south jukin’
If you’ve ever felt the pain inside
I know you’d understand
When you see somebody who’s down and out
Lend a helpin’ hand
Why don’t you, lend a helpin’ hand. If you can
Lend a helpin’ hand
Won’t you please lend a helpin’ hand

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

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