Lyrics to
Sad Songs And Waltzes

This version of Sad Songs And Waltzes was released by Willie Nelson in 1973.

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I’m writing a song all about you a true song as real as my tears
But you’ve no need to fear it cause no one will hear it
Cause sad songs and waltzes aren’t selling this year
I’ll tell all about how you cheated I’d like to the whole world to hear
I’d like to get even with you cause you’re leavin’
And songs and waltzes aren’t selling this year
It’s a good thing that I’m not a star you don’t know how lucky you are
Though my record may say it no one will play it
Cause sad songs and waltzes aren’t selling this year

Well it’s a good thing…

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Willie Nelson has released many songs over the years besides Sad Songs And Waltzes. Willie Nelson released songs from 1962 to 2005 spanning across albums like And Then I Wrote, Here's Willie Nelson, Country Willie - His Own Songs, Country Favorites - Willie Nelson Style, The Party's Over And Other Great Willie Nelson Songs, Make Way For Willie Nelson, Good Times, My Own Peculiar Way, Both Sides Now, Laying My Burdens Down, Yesterday's Wine, Willie Nelson And Family, The Words Don't Fit The Picture, The Willie Way, Shotgun Willie, and Countryman. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Willie Nelson.

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About Lyrics and Sad Songs And Waltzes by Willie Nelson

When you decide to study the lyrics to Sad Songs And Waltzes, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Willie Nelson. Some of the lyrics to Sad Songs And Waltzes have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Willie Nelson and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Sad Songs And Waltzes if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Sad Songs And Waltzes" means the words set to the music of Sad Songs And Waltzes, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Willie Nelson. 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 Sad Songs And Waltzes and the lyrics to Sad Songs And Waltzes are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Willie Nelson who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sad Songs And Waltzes, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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