Lyrics to
Same Old Loverman

This version of Same Old Loverman was released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1971.

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I’m not some long lost someone
Just dropped in to say hello
It’s that same old lover man
Baby you lost so long ago
‘Cause I was born to believe
I never could deceive
Believe me
I hear no children’s voices
Have they gone back to school
And that same old lover man
Is still acting like a fool
I guess I was born to bring you grief
Though I never was a thief
Believe me

It’s cold outside your window
Please let me in, the night is wild
It’s that same old lover man
Not some lonesome winsome child
An’ I was born to believe
I never could deceive

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The lyrics for Same Old Loverman are defined as the words making up the song released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Same Old Loverman have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Gordon Lightfoot 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 Same Old Loverman by Gordon Lightfoot 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 Same Old Loverman" means the words set to the music of Same Old Loverman, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Gordon Lightfoot. 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 Same Old Loverman and the lyrics to Same Old Loverman are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Gordon Lightfoot who came here looking just for the lyrics to Same Old Loverman, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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