Lyrics to
Long Time No See

This version of Long Time No See was released by Chicago in 1974.

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What you been doin, ain’t you got no one
Where you been keepin’ yourself my friend
Have you been hidin’ underground writin’
Foolin’ yourself in your special way
Where’s your old lady
She was a nice girl
Maybe it’s best that she went away
You will be losin’ nothing can change you
Happiness spits in your face always
Where are you going, what will you see there
You never learn nothin’ by runnin’ away
What you been doin, ain’t you got no one
Where you been keepin’ yourself my friend
Loneliness growin’ Emptiness showin’
Finding your peace two or three times a day
three times a day

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About Lyrics and Long Time No See by Chicago

When you decide to study the lyrics to Long Time No See, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Chicago. Some of the lyrics to Long Time No See have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Chicago and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Long Time No See 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 Long Time No See" means the words set to the music of Long Time No See, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chicago. 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 Long Time No See and the lyrics to Long Time No See are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chicago who came here looking just for the lyrics to Long Time No See, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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