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Spellbinder

This version of Spellbinder was released by Foreigner in 1978.

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I found out the hard way, some things you just cant get
When I fell in love with a woman I wish I never met
I was in the wrong place, at the wrong time
I fell easy prey to an innocent way, I was so blind

I call out her name, I turn around to find her
She’s a spellbinder

I’ve never been a easy man, so hard to please
But she made me feel life was unreal, oh Lord, how she satisfied me
I tried to break away, but I didn’t stand a chance
She planned it so well, I was under her spell, I was in a trance

I call out her name, I turn around to find her
She’s a spellbinder

Now do you know what love can do?
Oh no, what she puts me through?
It took so long for me to find her
Now she won’t set me free
She’s a spellbinder

Now do you know what love can do?
Oh no, what she put me through?
You say you can’t believe, believe that it’s true
Let the spellbinder put a spell on you

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About Lyrics and Spellbinder by Foreigner

The lyrics for Spellbinder are defined as the words making up the song released by Foreigner in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Spellbinder have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Foreigner and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Spellbinder by Foreigner if you think through it. 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 Spellbinder" means the words set to the music of Spellbinder, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Foreigner. 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 Spellbinder and the lyrics to Spellbinder are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Foreigner who came here looking just for the lyrics to Spellbinder, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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