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Where Have All The Good Times Gone

This version of Where Have All The Good Times Gone was released by David Bowie in 1973.

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In my life I’ve never stopped
to worry about a thing
Opened up and shouted out
and never tried to see
Wondering if I’d done wrong
Will this depression last for long

Won’t you tell me
Where have all the good times gone
Where have all the good times gone
Where have all the good times gone

Once we had an easy ride
and always felt the same
Time was on our side
and I had everything to gain
Let it be like yesterday
Please let me have happy days

Ma and Pa looked back on all the things they used to do
Didn’t have no money and they always told the truth
Daddy didn’t have no toys
And Mummy didn’t need no boys

Yesterday was such an easy game for you to play
But let’s face it things are so much easier today
Guess you need some bringing down
Get your feet back on the ground

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

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