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So You Won’t Have To Die

This version of So You Won’T Have To Die was released by Grand Funk Railroad in 1972.

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The way of life is tough these days, it’s hard to get along.
But Jesus came and he talked to me, and that’s why I wrote this song.
He told me of my brothers in a far and distant land.
He said that it’s gettin’ crowded on Earth, and it’s time we made some plans.
Time we made some plans.

He said overpopulation is the problem of today.
There’s too many children on the Earth, and more on the way.
If you don’t start some birth control, then you won’t last too much longer.
It’s best that we let it save our souls, so we can get much stronger.
Get much stronger.

Ahhh …

I’m afraid of overpopulation.
I don’t want to die of suffocation.
The world is full of pollution.
And Jesus is the solution.

He said we’re gettin’ near the end, and I’m as close as you are.
If you take Jesus as a friend, you’re gonna’ be a big star.
Star that shiness in the sky above, a light you cannot sever.
You will be with him above, and you will shine forever.
Shine forever.

Ahhh …

He trys to be with me.
He’s tryin to set me free.
He wants to be with you.
So you won’t have to die.

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You can understand the lyrics to So You Won’T Have To Die 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 So You Won’T Have To Die" means the words set to the music of So You Won’T Have To Die, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Grand Funk Railroad. 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 So You Won’T Have To Die and the lyrics to So You Won’T Have To Die are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Grand Funk Railroad who came here looking just for the lyrics to So You Won’T Have To Die, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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