Lyrics to
Song For The Asking

Released by Simon & Garfunkel in 1970
From the Album: Bridge Over Troubled Water |

This version of Song For The Asking was released by Simon & Garfunkel in 1970.

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Here is my song for the asking
Ask me and I will play
So sweetly, I’ll make you smile

This is my tune for the taking
Take it, don’t turn away
I’ve been waiting all my life

Thinking it over, I’ve been sad
Thinking it over, I’d be more than glad
To change my ways for the asking

Ask me and I will play
All the love that I hold inside


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The lyrics to Song For The Asking are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Simon & Garfunkel in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to Song For The Asking are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Simon & Garfunkel and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Song For The Asking back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Song For The Asking by Simon & Garfunkel in a number of ways. 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 Song For The Asking" means the words set to the music of Song For The Asking, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Simon & Garfunkel. 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 Song For The Asking and the lyrics to Song For The Asking are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Simon & Garfunkel who came here looking just for the lyrics to Song For The Asking, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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