Lyrics to
Welfare Symphony

This version of Welfare Symphony was released by Carole King in 1973.

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Welfare workers
Prying into her life
Was she really someone’s wife
And where was he

She often cried as they left her without a shred of pride

She had so many things to think about
So many children to feed
She had need of something that would ease her mind
(Store-front religion – play the numbers)
She had trouble in her time
She had so much trouble in her time

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About Lyrics and Welfare Symphony by Carole King

The lyrics to Welfare Symphony are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Carole King used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to Welfare Symphony have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Carole King 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 Welfare Symphony by Carole King. 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 Welfare Symphony" means the words set to the music of Welfare Symphony, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carole King. 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 Welfare Symphony and the lyrics to Welfare Symphony are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carole King who came here looking just for the lyrics to Welfare Symphony, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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