Lyrics to
The Boy Can’t Help It

This version of The Boy Can’T Help It was released by Bonnie Raitt in 1979.

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If he walks by and the women get engrosed
If he winks an eye and the bread slice turns to toast
He’s got a lot of what they call the most

You know the boy can’t help it
He was born to please
And if he’s got himself a figure that’s just made to squeeze
Won’t you kindly be aware that the boy can’t help it

If he mezmerizes each and every one
And, Lord when he smiles the beefsteak becomes well done
He even makes my grandma feel like she’s twentyone

You know the boy can’t help it
He was born to please
And if i got to go down to him on bended knees
It’s because I’m hoping, obviously
That some day his answer will be
The boy can’t help it
He’s in love with me.

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You can understand the lyrics to The Boy Can’T Help It 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 The Boy Can’T Help It" means the words set to the music of The Boy Can’T Help It, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bonnie Raitt. 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 Boy Can’T Help It and the lyrics to The Boy Can’T Help It are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bonnie Raitt who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Boy Can’T Help It, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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