Lyrics to
The Way It Was

This version of The Way It Was was released by Bee Gees in 1976.

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I don’t know how, but nights get lonely now
They keep appearing in my eyes
Such a warm and tender glow
For just one moment I remember all
The love we had was never all that bad
There were smiles and there were tears
On that special starry night, with your arms around me
Held on tight

Wasn’t that the way it was?
Two strangers reaching for a worthless cause
Wasn’t that the love we shared?
Or just the restless years when no-one cared

I don’t know why, it’s hard to say goodbye
Or even justify the end
You meant so very much to me
Then to let you go, start my life again
The love we had was never all that bad
There were smiles and there were tears
Till that special summer day
When I reached out for you, you just walked away

Wasn’t that the way it was?
Two strangers reaching for a worthless cause
Wasn’t that the love we shared?
Or just the restless years when no-one cared

When you move it like you really know how to move me
I follow you wherever you go
I just wan

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About Lyrics and The Way It Was by Bee Gees

The lyrics for The Way It Was are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by Bee Gees. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to The Way It Was have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for The Way It Was - Bee Gees and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to The Way It Was by Bee Gees in multiple ways. 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 Way It Was" means the words set to the music of The Way It Was, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bee Gees. 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 Way It Was and the lyrics to The Way It Was are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bee Gees who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Way It Was, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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