Lyrics to
Lovers

This version of Lovers was released by Olivia Newton-John in 1975.

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Once they were lovers but now they’re not friends
She’s found another – he says it’s the end
To think they once tore down the wall for a door
But now they don’t speak anymore

So he walks the streets – the few nights he can stand
Drinking her memory away when he can
Friends once would reach out to them from the shore
But now they don’t cry anymore

How does it all come to happen
That’s not what loving is for
And if I thought it was, I’d leave here in the morning
I’d sooner sleep on the floor

Oh when will we learn really what loving is
It’s not what you get in return but what you give
To think they once tore down the wall for a door
But now they don’t speak anymore

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Olivia Newton-John has released many songs over the years besides Lovers. Olivia Newton-John released songs from 1970 to 2007 spanning across albums like Toomorrow, If Not For You, Olivia, Let Me Be There, Long Live Love, Have You Never Been Mellow, Clearly Love, Don't Stop Believin', Come On Over, Making A Good Thing Better, Totally Hot, Grease, Xanadu, Physical, Two Of A Kind, Soul Kiss, The Rumour, Warm And Tender, Gaia: One Woman's Journey, Back With A Heart, Sordid Lives, -2, Indigo: Women Of Song, Stronger Than Before, and Christmas Wish. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Olivia Newton-John.

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About Lyrics and Lovers by Olivia Newton-John

When you decide to study the lyrics to Lovers, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1975 song by Olivia Newton-John. Some of the lyrics to Lovers have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Olivia Newton-John and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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