Lyrics to
Never Been To Spain

This version of Never Been To Spain was released by Three Dog Night in 1971.

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Well, I’ve never been to Spain
But I kinda like the music
Say the ladies are insane there
And they sure know how to use it

They don’t abuse it
Never gonna lose it
I can’t refuse it

Well, I’ve never been to England
But I kinda like the Beatles
Well, I headed for Las Vegas
Only made it out to Needles

Can you feel it?
Must be near it
Feels so good
Oh, it feels so good

Well, I’ve never been to heaven
But I’ve been to Oklahoma
Oh, they tell me I was born there
But I really don’t remember

In Oklahoma, not Arizona
What does it matter?
What does it matter?

Oh, I’ve never been to Spain
But I kinda like the music
Say the ladies are insane there
And they sure know how to use it

They don’t abuse it
Never gonna lose it
I can’t refuse it, oh, oh

Well, I’ve never been to heaven
But I’ve been to Oklahoma
Well, they tell me I was born there
But I really don’t remember

In Oklahoma, not Arizona
What does it matter?
What does it matter?

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About Lyrics and Never Been To Spain by Three Dog Night

The lyrics to Never Been To Spain are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Three Dog Night used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to Never Been To Spain have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Three Dog Night 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 Never Been To Spain by Three Dog Night. 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 Never Been To Spain" means the words set to the music of Never Been To Spain, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Three Dog Night. 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 Never Been To Spain and the lyrics to Never Been To Spain are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Three Dog Night who came here looking just for the lyrics to Never Been To Spain, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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