Lyrics to
What To Do

This version of What To Do was released by Status Quo in 1975.

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I found her in a nowhere and I lost her
And I found her and I lost her in a way.
She told me of a life, of a great life
Of a fun life but a dumb life in a way
We took off to a somewhere, it was fun there
All along there but we left there in a way.

I didn’t know just what to do
I didn’t know just what to do
I didn’t know just what to do, to do

We started talkin easy ’bout the sleazy
And the easy things that people do
I told her of a life, of a strange one
Pre-arranged one that I dreamt of anyway

I didn’t know just what to do
I didn’t know just what to do
I didn’t know just what to do, to do

I found her in a nowhere, and I lost her
And I found her and I lost her in a way
I told her of a life, of a strange one
Pre-arranged one that I dreamt of anyway

I didn’t know just what to do
I didn’t know just what to do
I didn’t know just what to do, to do

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About Lyrics and What To Do by Status Quo

The lyrics to What To Do are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Status Quo used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to What To Do have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Status Quo 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 To Do by Status Quo. 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 To Do" means the words set to the music of What To Do, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Status Quo. 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 To Do and the lyrics to What To Do are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Status Quo who came here looking just for the lyrics to What To Do, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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