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What Did I Have That I Don’t Have?

This version of What Did I Have That I Don’T Have? was released by Barbra Streisand in 1970.

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Oh, I thought he kinda liked me.But all this time he was
thinking of someone else – me! Oh, these questions!
He wasn’t interested in me. He was interested in me!
Oh God! Why did I have to come along? I mean, what is
so special about an English accent?
Cheerio! Oh, tallyho, doctor!
Yes, she gave me the jolly message. Oh…Nuth…
Nothing is wrong! After all, what is time?
If you miss me in this life you can catch me in the next.
Come on an’ watch! ‘Ay wot, well Kippered Herring! …

I don’t know why they redesigned me
He likes the way he used to find me
He likes the girl I left behind me
I mean he…I mean me…
What did I have that I don’t have?
What did he like that I lost track of?
What did I do that I don’t do the way I did before
What isn’t there that once was there?
What have I got a great big lack of?
Something in me that
He could see that
Beckons to him no more
I’ m just a victim of time
Obsolete in my prime
Out-of-date and outclassed, by my past!
What did he love that there’s none of?
What did I lose the sweet warm knack of?
Wouldn’t I be the late great me if I knew how?
Oh, what did I have I don’t have now?
What did I have that I don’t have?
What do I need big supply of?
What was the trick I did particularly well before?
What did he see that’s gone in me?
What did I use that now I’m shy of?
Why is the sequel never the equal?
Why is there no encore?
Where can I go to repair?
All the wear and the tear
Till I’m once again the previous me!
What did he like that I am not like?
What was the charm that I’ve run dry of?
What would I give if my old know-how still knew how?
Oh what did I know?
Tell me where did it go!
What, oh, what did I have I don’t have now?

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Barbra Streisand has released many songs over the years besides What Did I Have That I Don’T Have?. Barbra Streisand released songs from 1962 to 2005 spanning across albums like Pins And Needles, The Barbra Streisand Album, The Second Barbra Streisand Album, People, The Third Album, Funny Girl, My Name Is Barbra, My Name Is Barbra, Two, Je M'Appelle Barbra, Color Me Barbra, Simply Streisand, A Christmas Album, A Happening In Central Park, What About Today?, Hello, Dolly!, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Barbra Joan Streisand, Stoney End, Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments, The Way We Were, ButterFly, Funny Lady, Lazy Afternoon, Classical Barbra, A Star Is Born, Streisand Superman, Songbird, Wet, The Main Event: A Glove Story, Guilty, Yentl, Emotion, The Broadway Album, Till I Loved You, Higher Ground, A Love Like Ours, Christmas Memories, Duets, The Movie Album, and Guilty Pleasures. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Barbra Streisand.

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If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to What Did I Have That I Don’T Have? by Barbra Streisand. 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 Did I Have That I Don’T Have?" means the words set to the music of What Did I Have That I Don’T Have?, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barbra Streisand. 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 Did I Have That I Don’T Have? and the lyrics to What Did I Have That I Don’T Have? are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barbra Streisand who came here looking just for the lyrics to What Did I Have That I Don’T Have?, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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