Lyrics to
Take Me Back

This version of Take Me Back was released by 38 Special in 1978.

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Take me back to see you smile again
And the love you had for your friends
Take me back for the times we had
When we joked and laughed take me back

‘Cause I know you’ll live forever
And I know we’re still together
thru’ your music and your love
Take me back, oh take me back, Oh take me back

You were proud and strong
You taught me right from wrong, what a friend!
Take me back for the words you spoke
always get me home to the end

‘Cause I know you’ll live forever
And I know we’re still together
thru’ your music and your love
Take me back, take me back.

Take me back to see you smile again
And the love you had for your friends
Take me back for the times we had
When we joked and laughed take me back
’cause I’m lonely If you only could take me back

Take me back, won’t you take me
Oh take me back, won’t you take me, take me back,
Won’t you take me, oh take me back,

I love the life that you live and the things that you give
So won’t you take me, oh take me back
Won’t you take me, (oh) take me back,

You said the strong would survive,
Oh Lord, gotta try
So won’t you take me, oh take me back,
Won’t you take me, oh take me back
There’s just one thing to say:
Brother, I love you!
Won’t you take me back…

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About Lyrics and Take Me Back by 38 Special

The lyrics for Take Me Back are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by 38 Special. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Take Me Back have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Take Me Back - 38 Special and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Take Me Back by 38 Special in multiple ways. 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 Me Back" means the words set to the music of Take Me Back, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by 38 Special. 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 Me Back and the lyrics to Take Me Back are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of 38 Special who came here looking just for the lyrics to Take Me Back, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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