Lyrics to
Lift The Lid

This version of Lift The Lid was released by Nazareth in 1976.

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Here I am, sitting on my porch
Thinkin’ my life has got to be beyond reproach
Have I forgot some friends close to me
Real ones that don’t use me
And does my woman love me now
Like she loved me then
Here I am,my defenses are down
Will she remember me when I’m not around
Will she still dream by me
Or will she find a new life
Will I ever get used, to being alone at night
I’ll never know, but would it do me any good if I did
Life is a strange brew, maybe we should not lift the lid
Lift the lid
I’ll never know, but would it do me any good if I did
Life is a strange brew, maybe we should not lift the lid
Lift the lid

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About Lyrics and Lift The Lid by Nazareth

When you decide to study the lyrics to Lift The Lid, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Nazareth. Some of the lyrics to Lift The Lid have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Nazareth and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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