Lyrics to
That Kind

This version of That Kind was released by Neil Diamond in 1979.

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She was only seventeen
And was every young boys dream
The blue-eyed beauty queen of the day
Broke some hearts, including mine
But everyone knew
She was just that kind

Seems like all her dreams were spent
On the boys that came and went
But the promises
Were all they left behind
She was good, and she was mine
But everyone knew
She was just that kind

Hey they say:
“We’re gonna take her out to Hollywood.
Gonna make her like a movie star
Maybe put her in a picture show”

Took her chance
She paid her dime
And maybe I loved her
‘Cause she was that kind

She was gone by twenty-one
When most lives have just begun
There was so much left undone
Along the way

She took her chance
She paid her dime
Oh you gotta be strong
To be that kind

Yeah they said:
“We’re gonna take her out to Hollywood.
Gonna make you like a movie star
We gonna put you in a picture show”

Wasted life
Waste of time
But I couldn’t of loved her
If she wasn’t that kind
No I couldn’t of loved her
If she wasn’t that kind

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The lyrics to That Kind are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Neil Diamond used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to That Kind have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Neil Diamond and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to That Kind by Neil Diamond. 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 That Kind" means the words set to the music of That Kind, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Neil Diamond. 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 That Kind and the lyrics to That Kind are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Neil Diamond who came here looking just for the lyrics to That Kind, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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