Lyrics to
Performance

This version of Performance was released by Joe Cocker in 1974.

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Your performance is almost over
When you’re through I will take you home
To a place where the water’s always fresh and cool
I will lay you down, take off your shoes

Yes, the curtain is about to take your place
There’s that sad, almost grin upon your face
‘Cause you know you’ve done your best
Now honey leave the rest to me and I’ll take care of you

As they watch you fall down to your knees
They don’t know that you’re praying to please
They don’t see the little angel at your back with a star
The only one who knows exactly who you are

You’re a thing that makes music they don’t understand
And they cheer as you carry out your endless plan
You are weary but you must, it’s the only thing you trust
As you live you’ve got to give

Your performance is almost over
When you’re through I will take you home
You’re a ghost that I can see, you’re the other part of me
Now honey I will take care of you

‘Cause you know you’ve done your best
Now honey leave the rest to me and I’ll take care of you

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The lyrics for Performance are defined as the words making up the song released by Joe Cocker in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Performance have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Joe Cocker and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Performance by Joe Cocker if you think through it. 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 Performance" means the words set to the music of Performance, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Joe Cocker. 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 Performance and the lyrics to Performance are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Joe Cocker who came here looking just for the lyrics to Performance, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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