Lyrics to
Way Of The World

This version of Way Of The World was released by Cheap Trick in 1979.

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It’s the way of the world…
Remember you were in school and I followed you home.
I remember, didn’t think I existed but we’re comin’ together right now.
I’ve been runnin’, I’ve been hidin’, it’s the way of the world.
You say it’s over, but the world keeps turnin’ ’round.

Remember, I knew I’d be good for you.
No one better remember, really meant what I said, wanna be your lover right now.
I’ve been runnin’, I’ve been hidin’, it’s the way of the world.
You say it’s over, but the world keeps turnin’ ’round.
World goes round, life goes on, and on, and on.
You say it’s over, but the world keeps turnin’ round.

It’s the way of the world.

Remember, you were at work and then Friday at five,
I remember, felt like a pawn, was I dead or alive?
I remember, thought no one could hear me, I was goin’ insane.
I remember, it was a real fine line, now you’ve changed my life around.
I’ve been runnin’, I’ve been hidin’, it’s the way of the world.
You say it’s over, but the world keeps turnin’ ’round.
World goes round, life goes on, and on, and on.
World goes ’round, (I’ve been runnin’)
World is round (I’ve been hidin’)
Life goes on and on and on (It’s the way of the world).

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About Lyrics and Way Of The World by Cheap Trick

The lyrics to Way Of The World are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Cheap Trick used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Way Of The World have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Cheap Trick and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Way Of The World by Cheap Trick. 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 Way Of The World" means the words set to the music of Way Of The World, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cheap Trick. 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 Way Of The World and the lyrics to Way Of The World are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cheap Trick who came here looking just for the lyrics to Way Of The World, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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