Lyrics to
Marry Me A Little

This version of Marry Me A Little was released by Barry Manilow in 1975.

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Marry me a little
Love me just enough
Cry but not too often
Play but not too rough
Keep a tender distance
So we’ll both be free
That’s the way it ought to be
I’m ready
I’m ready

Marry me a little
Do it with a will
Make a few demands
I’m able to fulfill
Want me more than others
Not exclusively
That’s the way it oughta be
I’m ready
I’m ready now

You can be my best friend
I can be your right arm
We’ll go through a fight or two
No harm, no harm
We’ll look not too deep
We’ll go not too far
We won’t have to give up a thing
We’ll stay who we are
Right? ok then
I’m ready
I’m ready now

Someone marry me a little
Love me just enough
Warm and sweet and easy
Just the simple stuff
Keep a tender distance
So we’ll both be free
That’s the way it oughta be
I’m ready
I’m ready

Marry me a little
Body, heart, and soul
Passion
But always in control
Want me first and formost
Keep me company
That’s the way it oughta be
I’m ready
I’m ready now

Oh how gently we’ll talk
Oh how softly we’ll tred
All the stends, the ugly things
We’ll keep unsaid
We’ll build a cocoon
Of love and respect
You promise whatever you like
I’ll never collect
Right? ok then
I’m ready
I’m ready now
Someone
I’m ready
I’m ready
I’m ready now

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Marry Me A Little, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1975 song by Barry Manilow. Some of the lyrics to Marry Me A Little have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Barry Manilow and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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