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Years Ago

This version of Years Ago was released by Alice Cooper in 1975.

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Here I go again up and down alone all my friends went home years ago
All my toys are broken and so am I inside mom the carnival has closed years ago ooh
I’m a little boy no I’m a great big man no let’s be a little boy
For a little while longer maybe an hour no Steven we have to go back now
Isn’t that our mom calling Steven Steven Steven come home Steven come home

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The lyrics to Years Ago are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Alice Cooper in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Years Ago are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Alice Cooper and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Years Ago back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Years Ago by Alice Cooper in a number of 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 Years Ago" means the words set to the music of Years Ago, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Alice Cooper. 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 Years Ago and the lyrics to Years Ago are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Alice Cooper who came here looking just for the lyrics to Years Ago, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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