Lyrics to
Ogerman: I Loved You

This version of Ogerman: I Loved You was released by Barbra Streisand in 1976.

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I loved you,
I love you still too much;
But forget this love
That pressed sadly against you will.
I loved you in silence, without hope,
But true, jealous afraid.
I pray that someone
May love you again the same way.

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Barbra Streisand has released many songs over the years besides Ogerman: I Loved You. Barbra Streisand released songs from 1962 to 2005 spanning across albums like Pins And Needles, The Barbra Streisand Album, The Second Barbra Streisand Album, People, The Third Album, Funny Girl, My Name Is Barbra, My Name Is Barbra, Two, Je M'Appelle Barbra, Color Me Barbra, Simply Streisand, A Christmas Album, A Happening In Central Park, What About Today?, Hello, Dolly!, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Barbra Joan Streisand, Stoney End, Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments, The Way We Were, ButterFly, Funny Lady, Lazy Afternoon, Classical Barbra, A Star Is Born, Streisand Superman, Songbird, Wet, The Main Event: A Glove Story, Guilty, Yentl, Emotion, The Broadway Album, Till I Loved You, Higher Ground, A Love Like Ours, Christmas Memories, Duets, The Movie Album, and Guilty Pleasures. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Barbra Streisand.

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About Lyrics and Ogerman: I Loved You by Barbra Streisand

The lyrics to Ogerman: I Loved You are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Barbra Streisand in 1976. Elements of the lyrics to Ogerman: I Loved You are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Barbra Streisand and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Ogerman: I Loved You back when it was created.

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

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