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May You Never

This version of May You Never was released by Eric Clapton in 1977.

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May you never lay your head down without a hand to hold.
May you never make your bed out in the cold.
May you never lose your temper if you get hit in a barroom fight.
May you never lose your woman overnight.

Well, you’re just like a great, strong sister to me,
And I know that your love is true,
And you hold no blade for to stab me in my back;
I know that there’s some that do.

So please, won’t you please, won’t you bear it in mind:
Love is a lesson to learn in our time.
Please, won’t you please, bear it in mind for me.

Well, you’re just like a great, strong brother to me,
And I know that your love is true,
And you never talk dirty behind my back;
I know that there’s some that do.

May you never lose your woman overnight.
May you never lose your woman overnight.

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When you decide to study the lyrics to May You Never, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Eric Clapton. Some of the lyrics to May You Never have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Eric Clapton and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to May You Never 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 May You Never" means the words set to the music of May You Never, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Eric Clapton. 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 May You Never and the lyrics to May You Never are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Eric Clapton who came here looking just for the lyrics to May You Never, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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