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Lover’s Cross

Released by Jim Croce in 1973
From the Album: I Got A Name |

This version of Lover’S Cross was released by Jim Croce in 1973.

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I guess that it was bound to happen
Was just a matter of time
Now I’ve come to my decision
And its a-one of the painful kind
‘Cause now it seems that you wanted a martyr
Just a regular guy wouldn’t do
But baby I can’t hang upon no lover’s cross for you

You really gotta hand it to ya
‘Cause girl you really tried
But for ev’ry time that we spent laughin’
There were two times that I cried
And you were tryin’ to make me your martyr
And that’s the one thing I just couldn’t do
‘Cause baby I can’t hang upon no lover’s cross for you

‘Cause tables are meant for turnin’
And people are bound to change
And bridges are meant for burnin’
When the people and mem’ries they join aren’t the same

Still I hope that you can find another
Who can take what I could not
He’ll have to be a super guy
Or maybe a super god
‘Cause I never was much of a martyr before
And I ain’t ’bout to start nothin’ new
And baby I can’t hang upon no lover’s cross for you

‘Cause tables are meant for turnin’
And people are bound to change
And bridges are meant for burnin’
When the people and mem’ries they join aren’t the same

But I hope that you can find another
Who can take what I could not
He’ll have to be a super guy
Or maybe a super god
‘Cause I never was much of a martyr before
And I ain’t ’bout to start nothin’ new
And baby I can’t hang upon no lover’s cross for you


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About Lyrics and Lover’S Cross by Jim Croce

When you decide to study the lyrics to Lover’S Cross, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Jim Croce. Some of the lyrics to Lover’S Cross have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Jim Croce and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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