Lyrics to
Why Me Lord

This version of Why Me Lord was released by Elvis Presley in 1974.

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Why me Lord? What have I ever done
To deserve even one of the pleasures I’ve known
Tell me Lord what did I ever do to deserve loving You?
And the kindness, You’ve shown

Lord Heavenly Jesus, I’m wasted and
So help me Jesus, I know what I am
Now that I know that I needed You so
Help me Jesus, my soul’s in Your hands

Try me Lord, if you think there’s a way
I can ever repay, all I’ve taken from You
Maybe Lord, I can show someone else
What I’ve been through myself
On my way back to You

Lord Heavenly Jesus, I praise Him
So help me Jesus, I know what I am, oh yes
Now that I know that I needed You so
Help me Jesus, my soul’s in Your hands
Jesus, my soul’s in Your hands

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About Lyrics and Why Me Lord by Elvis Presley

When you decide to study the lyrics to Why Me Lord, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Elvis Presley. Some of the lyrics to Why Me Lord have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Elvis Presley and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Why Me Lord if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Me Lord" means the words set to the music of Why Me Lord, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Elvis Presley. 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 Me Lord and the lyrics to Why Me Lord are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Elvis Presley who came here looking just for the lyrics to Why Me Lord, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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