Lyrics to
Off To Work

This version of Off To Work was released by Chicago in 1971.

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Now I must be off to work
I sweat all night and feel their nerve
Takin’ things together power
Lord, give me strength to make these hours
Soon, my long work day is done
And I run home for the phone, yeah
An hour in the shower

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Chicago has released many songs over the years besides Off To Work. Chicago released songs from 1969 to 2006 spanning across albums like The Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago (Chicago II), Chicago III, Chicago V, Chicago VI, Chicago VII, Chicago VIII, Chicago X, Chicago XI, Hot Streets, Chicago 13, Chicago XIV, Chicago 16, Chicago 17, Chicago 18, Chicago 19, Twenty 1, Night & Day: Big Band, Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album, and Chicago XXX. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Chicago.

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About Lyrics and Off To Work by Chicago

The lyrics to Off To Work are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Chicago in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to Off To Work are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Chicago and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Off To Work back when it was created.

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

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