Lyrics to
Reruns

This version of Reruns was released by Chicago in 1979.

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We’ve been through it all before
But you brought it up once more
I let you down, you can’t forget it
You forgave me
You won’t let it fade away
I will not discuss the past
Life goes by us much too fast
To look behind and dwell on trouble
Someday it could
Burst our bubble by and by
All we have together
Would be lost unless we try
Make the most of each day
And to let our feelings fly
We’ve been through it all before
But you brought it up once more
I let you down, you can’t forget it
You forgave me
You won’t let it fade away
Put it all behind us
Will I always have to pay
Something I’m not proud of
Is there nothing I can say
I know you are angry
I know you’re for real
I know how much I hurt you darling
That’s the way you feel
I will not discuss the past
Life goes by us much too fast
To look behind and dwell on trouble
Someday it could
Burst our bubble by and by
Put it all behind us
Will I always have to pay
Something I’m not proud of
Is there nothing I can say
All we have together
Would be lost unless we try
Make the most of each day
And to let our feelings fly

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About Lyrics and Reruns by Chicago

The lyrics to Reruns are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Chicago used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Reruns have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Chicago and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Reruns by Chicago. 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 Reruns" means the words set to the music of Reruns, 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 Reruns and the lyrics to Reruns 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 Reruns, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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