Lyrics to
Nothing Lasts

This version of Nothing Lasts was released by The Steve Miller Band in 1972.

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All the things you think and say
Float away into space
Done in thought or done in haste
They have no place, they leave no trace

All the things you think and do
Have become a part of you
All your deeds have come to pass
Nothing lasts, nothing lasts

Like a river flowing past your windowpane
Life’s never the same
Like the sun you’re born to set
You’ll die in sin
And be born once again

Now you know, so damn well
That your life is a heaven and a hell
And it’s very easy to tell
When you’re sick and when you’re well

So the secret to this life
Is so very easy to learn
If you ever love another
Never ask for anything in return

Like a river flowing past your windowpane
Life’s never the same
Like the sun you’re born to set
You’ll die in sin
And be born once again

All the things you think and say
Float away into space
Done in thought or done in haste
They have no place, they leave no trace

All the things you think and do
Have become a part of you
All your deeds have come to pass
Nothing lasts, nothing lasts

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About Lyrics and Nothing Lasts by The Steve Miller Band

When you decide to study the lyrics to Nothing Lasts, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by The Steve Miller Band. Some of the lyrics to Nothing Lasts have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only The Steve Miller Band and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Nothing Lasts 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 Nothing Lasts" means the words set to the music of Nothing Lasts, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Steve Miller Band. 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 Nothing Lasts and the lyrics to Nothing Lasts are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Steve Miller Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Nothing Lasts, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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