Lyrics to
Why Don’t You Write Me

This version of Why Don’T You Write Me was released by Olivia Newton-John in 1972.

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Why don’t you write me
I’m out in the jungle
I’m hungry to hear you
Send me a card
I am waiting so hard to be near you
Something is wrong and I know I got a feelin’
Maybe I’m lost but I can’t make the cost of the airfare
Tell me why, tell me why

Why don’t you write me
A letter would brighten my loneliest evening
Mail it today if it’s only to say
That you’re leaving me
Why don’t you write

Monday morning sitting in the sun
Hopin’ and wishin’ that the mail would come
Tuesday I never got a word
Wednesday,, Thursday ain’t no sign
Drank a half a bottle of iodine
Friday, woe is me
I’m gonna hang my body from the highest tree
Why don’t you write me
Why don’t you write me

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Olivia Newton-John has released many songs over the years besides Why Don’T You Write Me. Olivia Newton-John released songs from 1970 to 2007 spanning across albums like Toomorrow, If Not For You, Olivia, Let Me Be There, Long Live Love, Have You Never Been Mellow, Clearly Love, Don't Stop Believin', Come On Over, Making A Good Thing Better, Totally Hot, Grease, Xanadu, Physical, Two Of A Kind, Soul Kiss, The Rumour, Warm And Tender, Gaia: One Woman's Journey, Back With A Heart, Sordid Lives, -2, Indigo: Women Of Song, Stronger Than Before, and Christmas Wish. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Olivia Newton-John.

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About Lyrics and Why Don’T You Write Me by Olivia Newton-John

The lyrics for Why Don’T You Write Me are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by Olivia Newton-John. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Why Don’T You Write Me 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 You Write Me - Olivia Newton-John 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 You Write Me by Olivia Newton-John 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 You Write Me" means the words set to the music of Why Don’T You Write Me, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Olivia Newton-John. 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 You Write Me and the lyrics to Why Don’T You Write Me are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Olivia Newton-John who came here looking just for the lyrics to Why Don’T You Write Me, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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