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What Can I Do?

This version of What Can I Do? was released by 38 Special in 1978.

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Well I don’t know why I feel the way that I do
through all these years, but I still think of you
You’re in my dreams,
I have seen the life we should have had
But I’m so glad that the truth is out at last

What can I do with a love like this in my heart?
So what can I do, It’s tearin’ me apart
So what can I do, What can I do

Why can’t you see that it’s you I’ve always loved?
I travelled far with mem’ries I’m thinkin’ of
Through all of this time thought my love would have passed
But I know now that our love was meant to last

What can I do with a love like this in my heart?
What can I do Babe, it’s tearin’ me apart?

Oh it’s been a while since we been alone
And I know it’s sad but I’d die for your love

I close my eyes and I see you by my side,
My hopes and dreams of our love is my desire
I want you to know that this love is still alive
So I held on to a lie I had to try

What can I do with a love like this in my heart?
So what can I do, It’s tearin’ me apart
So what can I do, What can I do

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The lyrics for What Can I Do? are defined as the words making up the song released by 38 Special in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to What Can I Do? have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only 38 Special 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 What Can I Do? by 38 Special 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 What Can I Do?" means the words set to the music of What Can I Do?, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by 38 Special. 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 What Can I Do? and the lyrics to What Can I Do? are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of 38 Special who came here looking just for the lyrics to What Can I Do?, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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