Lyrics to
This Song For You

This version of This Song For You was released by Chris De Burgh in 1975.

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Hello darling, this is the army,
I’ve just got the time to write,
Today we attack, there’s no turning back,
The boys they’re all ready for the fight.

Yes, I’m well but this place is like hell,
They call it Passchendaele,
In nineteen seventeen the war must be ending,
The General said this attack will not fail;

So I’m writing down this simple little melody
When you play it my love, think for me…
We’ll be together in this song for you,
And it goes La la la … sing it darling … La la la…

They got old Bill and the Sergeant is still out there
Wounded in some shellhole,
They say this war will end all wars,
Oh God I really hope it will,

Oh how’s old England, are they still singing
Those songs that we loved to sing,
When all this is over, we’ll go sailing in Dover,
Catching fish like we used to with a string,

Oh I miss you, I miss you, I miss you,
If they get me my love you will know…
We’ll always be together in this song for you…

And it goes La la la … I have to go now…
Take care of yourself my love.

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Chris De Burgh has released many songs over the years besides This Song For You. Chris De Burgh released songs from 1975 to 2006 spanning across albums like Spanish Train And Other Stories, Far Beyond These Castle Walls, At The End Of A Perfect Day, Crusader, Eastern Wind, The Getaway, Man On The Line, Into The Light, Flying Colours, Power Of Ten, This Way Up, Beautiful Dreams, Quiet Revolution, Timing Is Everything, The Road To Freedom, and The Storyman. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Chris De Burgh.

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About Lyrics and This Song For You by Chris De Burgh

The lyrics for This Song For You are defined as the words making up the song released by Chris De Burgh in 1975. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to This Song For You have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Chris De Burgh 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 This Song For You by Chris De Burgh 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 This Song For You" means the words set to the music of This Song For You, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chris De Burgh. 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 This Song For You and the lyrics to This Song For You are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chris De Burgh who came here looking just for the lyrics to This Song For You, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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