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Why Don’t We Live Together

This version of Why Don’T We Live Together was released by Barry Manilow in 1975.

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Why don’t we live together
Only the two of us, we’ll learn to trust
Don’t have to say forever
’cause we know the rain could start and break our hearts
But we’ll never find the future if we hesitate
We’ll spend our lives waiting

Why don’t we live together, taking it day by day we’ll find a way
To build us a dream that’s better
And still have our wings to fly if love should die
We can’t spend our lives rehearsing all these lines of love
It’s time to raise the curtain

Why don’t we live together whether love lives or dies
At least we’ll know we tried

We’ve both been burned before
But now we know this love is sure
And there’ll be no more sorrow
This love is burnin’ bright it lights up tomorrow

Why don’t we live together takin’ lifes rocky ride
Side by side
Sailin’ thru stormy weather
Searchin’ for sunny skies with open eyes
Sharin’ the tears and the laughter is the only way
We’ll find the love we’re after
Oh why don’t we live together
Whether love lives or dies at least we’ll know we tried
Why don’t we live together
Whether love lives or dies at least we’ll know we tried
Why don’t we live together
Whether love lives or dies lets take a chance let’s try

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About Lyrics and Why Don’T We Live Together by Barry Manilow

The lyrics for Why Don’T We Live Together are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Barry Manilow. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Why Don’T We Live Together have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Why Don’T We Live Together - Barry Manilow and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Why Don’T We Live Together by Barry Manilow in multiple ways. 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 Why Don’T We Live Together" means the words set to the music of Why Don’T We Live Together, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barry Manilow. 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 Why Don’T We Live Together and the lyrics to Why Don’T We Live Together are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barry Manilow who came here looking just for the lyrics to Why Don’T We Live Together, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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