Lyrics to
Yesterday

Released by Elvis Presley in 1970
From the Album: On Stage |

This version of Yesterday was released by Elvis Presley in 1970.

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Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now, it looks as though they’re here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Suddenly, I don’t have the laugh, I used to weep
There’s a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday, came suddenly

Why’d she have to go
I don’t know, she wouldn’t say
I said something wrong
Now, I long for yesterday

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday


Elvis Presley has released many songs over the years besides Yesterday. Elvis Presley released songs from 1956 to 2003 spanning across albums like Elvis '56, Elvis Presley, Loving You, Elvis' Christmas Album, Jailhouse Rock, Elvis' Golden Records, King Creole, 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong, A Date With Elvis, For LP Fans Only, G.I. Blues, Elvis Is Back!, His Hand In Mine, Blue Hawaii, Something For Everybody, Pot Luck, Girls! Girls! Girls!, Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3, It Happened At The World's Fair, Fun In Acapulco, Kissin' Cousins, Roustabout, Harum Scarum, Girl Happy, Elvis For Everyone, Paradise, Hawaiian Style, Spinout, Frankie And Johnny, Clambake, Double Trouble, How Great Thou Art, Elvis' Gold Records Volume 4, Elvis (NBC TV Special), Speedway, Back In Memphis, From Elvis In Memphis, Elvis Sings Flaming Star, Elvis In Person At The International Hotel, Almost In Love, Let's Be Friends, That's The Way It Is, On Stage, C'mon Everybody, Love Letters From Elvis, Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old), I Got Lucky, Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas, He Touched Me, Elvis: As Recorded At Madison Square Garden, Elvis Now, Elvis '73, Raised On Rock / For Ol' Times Sake, Aloha From Hawaii: Via Satellite, Elvis: As Recorded Live On Stage In Memphis, Good Times, Today, Promised Land, From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee, Moody Blue, ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits, and ELVIIS: 2nd to None. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Elvis Presley.

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About Lyrics and Yesterday by Elvis Presley

When you decide to study the lyrics to Yesterday, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1970 song by Elvis Presley. Some of the lyrics to Yesterday 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.

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You can understand the lyrics to Yesterday 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 Yesterday" means the words set to the music of Yesterday, 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 Yesterday and the lyrics to Yesterday 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 Yesterday, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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