Lyrics to
Never Before

This version of Never Before was released by Deep Purple in 1972.

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Somebody Somebody
Come to my side
I’m tired I’m crying
I’m sick inside
My woman that woman
Just wasn’t right

Help me now please my friend
I never felt so bad before
Never never before

So funny so funny
Just like a show
One name two people
All in a row
Somebody Somebody
Someone must go

I was hurt when I was younger
By a woman who was cold
She took my name
She took my body
And she threw away my soul

Can’t hide I can’t hide my misery
I know my sorrow won’t set me free
She did it d’you see she did it to me

Help me now please my friend
I never felt so bad before
Never never before

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About Lyrics and Never Before by Deep Purple

The lyrics to Never Before are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Deep Purple used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Never Before have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Deep Purple 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 Before by Deep Purple. 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 Before" means the words set to the music of Never Before, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Deep Purple. 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 Before and the lyrics to Never Before are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Deep Purple who came here looking just for the lyrics to Never Before, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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