Lyrics to
The Best Thing You’ve Ever Done

This version of The Best Thing You’Ve Ever Done was released by Barbra Streisand in 1974.

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Aren’t you glad it’s finally over
Don’t you feel a whole lot better?
Isn’t it a joy to lie alone at night
Aren’t people more exciting?
Doesn’t music have more meaning?
Don’t you close your eyes
The moment you close the light
To be rid of all the feelings
How it clouded up the morning
To be free of all the memories
Everyone
Take a bow then take another
Isn’t loneliness a winner
‘Cause you’re leaving me
The best thing you’ve ever done
To be rid of all the feelings
How it clouded up the morning
To be free of all the memories
Everyone
Take a bow then take another
Isn’t loneliness a winner
‘Cause you’re leaving me
The best thing you’ve ever done

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About Lyrics and The Best Thing You’Ve Ever Done by Barbra Streisand

The lyrics for The Best Thing You’Ve Ever Done are defined as the words making up the song released by Barbra Streisand in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to The Best Thing You’Ve Ever Done have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Barbra Streisand and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to The Best Thing You’Ve Ever Done by Barbra Streisand if you think through it. 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 The Best Thing You’Ve Ever Done" means the words set to the music of The Best Thing You’Ve Ever Done, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barbra Streisand. 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 The Best Thing You’Ve Ever Done and the lyrics to The Best Thing You’Ve Ever Done are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barbra Streisand who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Best Thing You’Ve Ever Done, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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