Lyrics to
Start A New Life

Released by Reo Speedwagon in 1973
From the Album: Ridin' The Storm Out |

This version of Start A New Life was released by Reo Speedwagon in 1973.

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Go home, pretender
I think this is the end here
It’s been a long time decidin’
But I think I’ve found the right end.
You’re gonna go away, start a new life
Forget today, start a new life
Start a new life.

Hopes crushed and battered
But you laugh as if it didn’t matter
This joke is gonna turn blue
And I won’t be there to hold you.

You’re gonna go away, start a new life
Forget today, start a new life
Start a new life.

Go home, debater
It was soon and now it’s later
And that’s only a piece of paper
So don’t you stand there a-laughin’ and a-wavin’ it.

You’re gonna go away, start a new life
Forget today, start a new life
Start a new life.


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Reo Speedwagon has released many songs over the years besides Start A New Life. Reo Speedwagon released songs from 1971 to 2007 spanning across albums like REO Speedwagon, R.E.O / T.W.O., Ridin' The Storm Out, Lost In A Dream, This Time We Mean It, R.E.O., You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish, Nine Lives, Hi Infidelity, Good Trouble, Wheels Are Turnin', Life As We Know It, The Earth, A Small Man, His Dog And A Chicken, Building The Bridge, and Find Your Own Way Home. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Reo Speedwagon.

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About Lyrics and Start A New Life by Reo Speedwagon

The lyrics to Start A New Life are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Reo Speedwagon used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to Start A New Life have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Reo Speedwagon 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 Start A New Life by Reo Speedwagon. 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 Start A New Life" means the words set to the music of Start A New Life, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Reo Speedwagon. 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 Start A New Life and the lyrics to Start A New Life are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Reo Speedwagon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Start A New Life, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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