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Take It All In And Check It All Out

This version of Take It All In And Check It All Out was released by Bill Withers in 1972.

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You can fill up a room with idle conversation
You can stir up a whole darn nation with your mouth
But before you start to show your indignation about a situation
You ought to take it all in and check it all out.

You can create a boom with catchy information
You can shake up a lot of people if you shout
But before you begin to grin about the success of your creation
You ought to take it all in and check it all out.

You can make out a plan with aimless dedication
You can hang up a million slogans in you house
But before you put it into operation, before you man your station
You ought to take it all in and check it all out.

You ought to take it all in and check it all out, find out what it’s all about
You ought to take it all in and check it all out

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Take It All In And Check It All Out, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by Bill Withers. Some of the lyrics to Take It All In And Check It All Out have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Bill Withers and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Take It All In And Check It All Out 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 Take It All In And Check It All Out" means the words set to the music of Take It All In And Check It All Out, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bill Withers. 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 Take It All In And Check It All Out and the lyrics to Take It All In And Check It All Out are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bill Withers who came here looking just for the lyrics to Take It All In And Check It All Out, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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