Lyrics to
Takin’ Me Back

This version of Takin’ Me Back was released by Cheap Trick in 1978.

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You’re takin’ me back
I remember it well
You’re takin’ me back
It’s so easy to tell
You’re takin’ me back
I remember it well
You’re takin’ me back
A long, long, long time ago
A long, long, long, time ago
You, you let me down-you didn’t think of me
I-I won’t forget what you did to me-no
You were nice not to say it
Now my heart it’s breakin’
You’re takin’ me back
I remember it well
You’re takin’ me back
A long, long, long time ago
A long, long, long, time ago
You, you thought that you- could make a fool of me
Don’t don’t be so sure that the fool was me- no
I held up I could take it
Now my heart it’s breakin’
You’re takin’ me back
I remember it well
You’re takin’ me back
A long, long, long time ago
A long, long, long, time ago
A long time ago-a long time ago
A long time ago- you were breakin’
My heart- I never found all the parts
A long time ago-a long time ago
A long time ago-oh-oh-oh
You’re takin’ me back
I remember it well
You’re takin’ me back
It’s so easy to tell
You’re takin’ me back
It’s written on my face
You’re takin’ me back
It’s so easy to tell- ’cause you’re
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Takin’ me back
I remember it well
You’re takin’ me back
It’s written on my face
You’re takin’ me back
I remember it well
You’re takin’ me back
A long,long,long time ago
A long,long,long time ago
A long,long,long time ago
A long,long,long time ago- o
You’re takin’ me back

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About Lyrics and Takin’ Me Back by Cheap Trick

When you decide to study the lyrics to Takin’ Me Back, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Cheap Trick. Some of the lyrics to Takin’ Me Back have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Cheap Trick and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Takin’ Me Back 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 Takin’ Me Back" means the words set to the music of Takin’ Me Back, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cheap Trick. 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 Takin’ Me Back and the lyrics to Takin’ Me Back are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cheap Trick who came here looking just for the lyrics to Takin’ 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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