Lyrics to
That Makes It Tough

This version of That Makes It Tough was released by Buddy Holly in 1971.

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That makes it tough, woh so tough
When you tell me you don’t love me
That makes it tough oh, oh so tough whoa-oh
When you say you don’t care for me no more

Memories will follow me for ever
Tho’ I know our dreams cannot come true
All those precious things we shared together
Time goes by, I’ll still remember you

And that makes it tough, oh so tough
When you tell me you don’t love me
That makes it tough oh, oh so tough mm-mm-mm-mm whoa-oh
When you say you don’t care for me no more
Mm mm mm mm-mm mm-mm mm mm mm

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The lyrics to That Makes It Tough are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Buddy Holly used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to That Makes It Tough have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Buddy Holly 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 Makes It Tough by Buddy Holly. 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 Makes It Tough" means the words set to the music of That Makes It Tough, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Buddy Holly. 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 Makes It Tough and the lyrics to That Makes It Tough are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Buddy Holly who came here looking just for the lyrics to That Makes It Tough, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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