Lyrics to
Susan When She Tried

This version of Susan When She Tried was released by Elvis Presley in 1975.

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I got over Charlotte Thompson, Goldie Johnson,
Lord they done me wrong
I took it hard with Peggy Harper
She hurt me bad, but not for long
There’s just one I remember
Makes me feel funny down inside
I’d trade ’em all for just one hour
Of Susan when she tried

No there’s never been a woman
Who could make me weak inside
And give me what I needed
Like Susan when she tried

It gets worse in the summer
When the nights are hot and long
And it’s bad in December
When they play those Christmas songs
So if you ask me and I don’t tell you
Bet your sweet bottom dollar I lied
‘Cause there’s never been one better
Than Susan when she tried

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Susan When She Tried, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1975 song by Elvis Presley. Some of the lyrics to Susan When She Tried have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Elvis Presley and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Susan When She Tried 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 Susan When She Tried" means the words set to the music of Susan When She Tried, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Elvis Presley. 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 Susan When She Tried and the lyrics to Susan When She Tried are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Elvis Presley who came here looking just for the lyrics to Susan When She Tried, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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