Lyrics to
The Girl You Think You See

This version of The Girl You Think You See was released by Carly Simon in 1971.

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Tell me who you long for
In your secret dreams
Go on and tell me who you wish I was
Instead of me

I’m not necessarily
The girl you think you see
Whoever you want is exactly who
I’m more than willing to be
I’ll be carefree
A Peace Corps trainee
your Gypsy Rose Lee
To please you

Who cares what I might be for real
Underneath my games
I’ll let you chose from a thousand faces
And a thousand names

I’m not necessarily
the girl you think you see
Whoever you want is exactly who
I’m more than willing to be
I’ll be insane
A mathematical brain
You Tarzan, me Jane
To please you

I’m not necessarily
The girl you think you see
Whoever you want is exactly who
I’m more than willing to be
I’ll be a queen
A foul-mouthed marine
Your Mary Magdalene
to please you

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About Lyrics and The Girl You Think You See by Carly Simon

The lyrics for The Girl You Think You See are defined as the words making up the song released by Carly Simon in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to The Girl You Think You See have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Carly Simon 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 Girl You Think You See by Carly Simon 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 Girl You Think You See" means the words set to the music of The Girl You Think You See, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carly Simon. 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 Girl You Think You See and the lyrics to The Girl You Think You See are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carly Simon who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Girl You Think You See, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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