Lyrics to
Since I Held You

This version of Since I Held You was released by The Cars in 1979.

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i really love the way you talk
i don’t mind saying so
oo i love it when you dance
so silky slow, baby please don’t go
i know you refuse to get involved
you won’t help me out none
you run around like a paperdoll
pretending it’s fun, baby please don’t run
something in the night just don’t sit right
looks like i’m going to be up all night
it’s been such a long time
since i held you
i won’t forget the way you said
it doesn’t bother you much
tutor impressions in your head
just before the last touch
that meant so much

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About Lyrics and Since I Held You by The Cars

The lyrics to Since I Held You are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Cars used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Since I Held You have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Cars 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 Since I Held You by The Cars. 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 Since I Held You" means the words set to the music of Since I Held You, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Cars. 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 Since I Held You and the lyrics to Since I Held You are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Cars who came here looking just for the lyrics to Since I Held You, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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