Lyrics to
Same Old Story

This version of Same Old Story was released by Stevie Wonder in 1979.

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Born to open for
Mankind nature’s door
A life known by a few

And those who knew that shared
Their knowledge fewer cared
About what plants could do

For most felt it was mad to conceive
That plants thought, felt, and moved quite like we
But with instruments Bose would devise
Would take Science itself by a surprise, so

On we go to where who knows
To a place where there’s still non-believers
What will it take for heaven sakes
For those who find what’s real too hard to believe in
It’s that same old story again.

Born of slaves who died
Too soon to realize
The need his life would be

Selflessy he gave
His wisdom to a way
Where first no minds would see

He said if farm land was to be rich
We must plant crops to replenish it
But it took him persuasion and tests
To convince them Canver’s way was best, so

On we go to where who knows
To a place where there’s still non-believers
What will it take for heaven sakes
For those who find what’s real too hard to believe in
It’s that same old story again.

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About Lyrics and Same Old Story by Stevie Wonder

When you decide to study the lyrics to Same Old Story, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Stevie Wonder. Some of the lyrics to Same Old Story have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Stevie Wonder and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Same Old Story 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 Same Old Story" means the words set to the music of Same Old Story, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Stevie Wonder. 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 Story and the lyrics to Same Old Story are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Stevie Wonder who came here looking just for the lyrics to Same Old Story, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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