Lyrics to
Tell Everybody

This version of Tell Everybody was released by 38 Special in 1977.

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Well every night when I come home,
you just make me want to cry.
There’s no more feeling in your heart,
I can tell by the look in your eyes.

You sold my house, you wrecked my car,
and you keep telling me lies.
I’m gonna tell y’all the plain old truth
and I hope it’s help you in time.

I’m gonna tell everybody
make sure you got your woman’s love.
I’ll tell everybody
that a woman needs a man to love.

Can’t you see what you’re doin’ to me?
Girl you got to change your ways.
I can’t stand this running around.
Lord I got to find me a way.

Oh dreams are dreams, and love is love,
and that’s the way that I feel.
If I’m gonna find a woman to love,
I gotta make her see what is real.

I’m gonna tell everybody
make sure you got your woman’s love.
I’ll tell everybody
that a woman needs a man to love.
Yes she does.

Now she’s gone and I’m on my way
to find me a better life.
No more time to settle down,
I just got to find out what it’s like.
Life is real and time is right
for us to see how it is.
If you’re lookin’ for a woman to love
make sure she’s yours and not his.
I’m gonna tell everybody
make sure you got your woman’s love.
I’ll tell everybody
that a woman needs a man to love.
Yes she does.

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About Lyrics and Tell Everybody by 38 Special

The lyrics for Tell Everybody are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by 38 Special. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Tell Everybody 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 Tell Everybody - 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 Tell Everybody 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 Tell Everybody" means the words set to the music of Tell Everybody, 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 Tell Everybody and the lyrics to Tell Everybody 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 Tell Everybody, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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