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My Imagination

This version of My Imagination was released by Bill Withers in 1976.

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When you appeared in my imagination
I had no idea that you’d ever be real
Now you’re my life, not just some fascination
And I love you now that you’re here

Now that you are real not my imagination
But someone to love and I do love you dear
Long before love you were here in my memories
And I love you now that you’re here

And now my dream talks to me
And fixes my coffee in the morning
And rubs my back when I’m weary
Thank you dear
And I love you now you’re here

Now my dream talks to me
Fixes my coffee in the morning
And rubs my back when I’m weary
Thank you dear
And I love you now that you’re here

Now that you are real not in my imagination
But someone to love and I do love you dear
Long before love you were here in my memories
And I love you now that you’re here
And I love you now that you’re here

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About Lyrics and My Imagination by Bill Withers

The lyrics to My Imagination are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Bill Withers used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to My Imagination have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Bill Withers and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to My Imagination by Bill Withers. 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 My Imagination" means the words set to the music of My Imagination, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bill Withers. 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 My Imagination and the lyrics to My Imagination are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bill Withers who came here looking just for the lyrics to My Imagination, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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