Lyrics to
Recently

This version of Recently was released by Jim Croce in 1973.

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Used to be that I could see
A reason to be happy
‘Cause I was free
But then, recently it seems
I’ve been lettin’ your mem’ry get to me

Used to be that I could pretend
That I wasn’t really hurt back then
But then, recently it seems
I’ve been lettin’ your mem’ry get to me
‘Cause

Mem’ries can be friends
Mem’ries can be friends

Or they can take you to a place
That you never thought you’d be again
And take you to a place
That you never ever thought
That you would see again

Doesn’t matter now who was wrong
The future is tomorrow
‘Cause the past is gone
And I’m findin’ that I’m not as strong
As I thought that I used to be
‘Cause, recently it seems
I’ve been lettin’ your mem’ry get to me

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The lyrics for Recently are defined as the words making up the song released by Jim Croce in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Recently have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Jim Croce 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 Recently by Jim Croce 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 Recently" means the words set to the music of Recently, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jim Croce. 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 Recently and the lyrics to Recently are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jim Croce who came here looking just for the lyrics to Recently, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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