Lyrics to
One More Time

This version of One More Time was released by The Carpenters in 1976.

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I’m going way down south to Louisiana
Well, I’ll just close my eyes
And everything’s alright
And though I’m really far away
I’ll make my get away
And no one need really
Know that I’ve been gone

One more time for the good times
That far out weigh the bad
One more time for the good times
When love was all we had
I’m going way down south to Baton Rouge
Well, I’ll just close the door
And turn out all the lights
And all the images dance by
Of folks and friends who lie
Back home where things are slow
And easy going

One more time for the good times
That far out weigh the bad
One more time for the good times
When love was all
When love was all
When love was all we had
One more time

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About Lyrics and One More Time by The Carpenters

The lyrics for One More Time are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by The Carpenters. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to One More Time have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for One More Time - The Carpenters and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to One More Time by The Carpenters in multiple 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 One More Time" means the words set to the music of One More Time, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Carpenters. 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 One More Time and the lyrics to One More Time are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Carpenters who came here looking just for the lyrics to One More Time, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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