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Simple Man, Simple Dream

This version of Simple Man, Simple Dream was released by Linda Ronstadt in 1977.

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What if I fall in love with you
Just like normal people do
Well maybe I’d kill you
Or maybe I’d be true

When I go down to get a job sometime
It seems people can read my mind
And make money disappear
While they’re talking sweet and kind

Well in some ways I am like a child
You never seemed to know it
And if a kind word ever crossed your mind
You never tried to show it

Well in some ways I am like a child
You never seemed to know it
And if a kind word ever crossed your mind
You never tried to show it

When people don’t know what you mean
They may laugh at you and call you green
They’ll say your words are stupid
And your plans are only schemes

Truth is simple
But seldom ever seen
Let nothing come between
Simple man, simple dream

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Linda Ronstadt has released many songs over the years besides Simple Man, Simple Dream. Linda Ronstadt released songs from 1969 to 2004 spanning across albums like Hand Sown... Home Grown, Silk Purse, Linda Ronstadt, Don't Cry Now, Heart Like A Wheel, Prisoner In Disguise, Hasten Down The Wind, Simple Dreams, Living In The USA, Mad Love, Get Closer, What's New, Lush Life, For Sentimental Reasons, Canciones De Mi Padre, Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind, Mas Canciones, Frenesi, Winter Light, Feels Like Home, Dedicated To The One I Love, We Ran, and Hummin' To Myself. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Linda Ronstadt.

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Simple Man, Simple Dream, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Linda Ronstadt. Some of the lyrics to Simple Man, Simple Dream have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Linda Ronstadt and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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