Lyrics to
What Have You Got To Lose

This version of What Have You Got To Lose was released by Carole King in 1970.

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Yes, I know you’ve led them on
And you’ve been figuring up the cost
Of your list
Your saddest goodbyes

I’m gonna stay right here with you
So if you’re looking for something new
All you have to do is choose
What have you got to lose

Yes, it shows you need a change
And you’ve been feeling very strange
That the things that made you feel so good before
Have not been feeling good ‘cuz I’m so much in love with you
All you have to do is try somethin’ new
What have you got to lose

And when you’re ready let me know
Come to me, I’ll let your river flow
When you’re ready, aw, give me a sign
It’s time you stepped back out in the sunshine

Wouldn’t you like to wake up and find
Me, every morning, on your mind
Oh, come on, don’t be shy
Come on, you don’t have to hide

Come on and get me
What have you got to lose
Come on and get me
Aw, what have you got to lose

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Carole King has released many songs over the years besides What Have You Got To Lose. Carole King released songs from 1968 to 2005 spanning across albums like Now That Everything's Been Said, Writer, Tapestry, Music, Rhymes & Reasons, Fantasy, Wrap Around Joy, Really Rosie, Thoroughbred, Simple Things, Welcome Home, Touch The Sky, Pearls: Songs Of Goffin And King, One To One, Speeding Time, City Streets, Colour Of Your Dreams, Love Makes The World, and The Living Room Tour. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Carole King.

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The lyrics to What Have You Got To Lose are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Carole King used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to What Have You Got To Lose 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 What Have You Got To Lose 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 What Have You Got To Lose" means the words set to the music of What Have You Got To Lose, 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 What Have You Got To Lose and the lyrics to What Have You Got To Lose 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 What Have You Got To Lose, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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