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They’ll Never Take His Love From Me

This version of They’Ll Never Take His Love From Me was released by Emmylou Harris in 1979.

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If today the sun should set on all my hopes and cares
There is one whose smiling face the gods would see
‘Cause he’ll walk along beside me up those golden stairs
Oh, they’ll never take his love from me
Well, I thought I’d make him happy if I stepped aside
But I knew his love would never set me free
And even on the day he took another to be his bride
I said they’ll never take his love from me

I’m so thankful for each golden hour of happiness
That we shared together in the used to be
Someone else’s arms may hold him now in fond caress
But they’ll never, never take his love from me

What a fool I was to go break the trust he gave
And to see his love turn into sympathy
It’s the one regret I’ll carry with me to my grave
Oh, they’ll never, ever take his love from me

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You can understand the lyrics to They’Ll Never Take His Love From Me 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 They’Ll Never Take His Love From Me" means the words set to the music of They’Ll Never Take His Love From Me, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Emmylou Harris. 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 They’Ll Never Take His Love From Me and the lyrics to They’Ll Never Take His Love From Me are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Emmylou Harris who came here looking just for the lyrics to They’Ll Never Take His Love From Me, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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