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Mr. Guder

This version of Mr. Guder was released by The Carpenters in 1970.

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Mister Guder, say Mister Guder,
May I have a moment with you,
For there is something I’ve got to say
and please don’t let it scare you away.

Mister Guder, say Mister Guder,
I have seen you go through a day,
You’re ev’ry-thing a robot lives for,
walk in at night and roll out the door at five.

You reflect the company image,
you maintain their rules to live by,
Shine your shoes, let’s keep a neat haircut
now that you’re wearing a coat and tie.

Mister Guder, say Mister Guder,
someday soon you may realize
you’ve blown your life just playing a game
where no one wins but ev’ry one stays the same.

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The lyrics to Mr. Guder are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Carpenters in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to Mr. Guder are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Carpenters and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Mr. Guder back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Mr. Guder by The Carpenters in a number of ways. 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 Mr. Guder" means the words set to the music of Mr. Guder, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Carpenters. 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 Mr. Guder and the lyrics to Mr. Guder are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Carpenters who came here looking just for the lyrics to Mr. Guder, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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