Lyrics to
Surviving The Life

This version of Surviving The Life was released by Neil Diamond in 1976.

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Surviving the life
Got some highs, got some lows
But the wise man,
He knows what it’s really about
When you’re doin’ without
Surviving the life

Providing the soul,
It ain’t easy to do
When you got to get through
Any way that you can
Join the family of man
Providing the soul

Pass the plate that serves it
Every heart deserves it
You and me, we do

Life ain’t easy, but it ain’t that bad
Sing the song that tells it,
Praise the man that sells it
You’re alive,
You might as well be glad

Revealing the heart,
You know that some people try
But it’s hard to get by
Without giving a thing
You only get what you bring,
Revealing the heart

Pass the plate that serves it,
Every heart deserves it
You and me, we do
Life ain’t easy, but it ain’t that bad

Sing the song that tells it
Praise the man that sells it
You’re alive, you might as well be glad

Providing the soul,
Revealing the heart,
Surviving the life

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About Lyrics and Surviving The Life by Neil Diamond

The lyrics to Surviving The Life are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Neil Diamond used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Surviving The Life have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Neil Diamond 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 Surviving The Life by Neil Diamond. 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 Surviving The Life" means the words set to the music of Surviving The Life, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Neil Diamond. 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 Surviving The Life and the lyrics to Surviving The Life are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Neil Diamond who came here looking just for the lyrics to Surviving The Life, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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