Lyrics to
You Got That Right

This version of You Got That Right was released by Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1977.

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Well I’ve heard lots of people say
They’re gonna settle down
You don’t see their faces
And they don’t come around
Well I’m not that way
I got to move along

I like to drink and to dance all night
Comes to a fix not afraid to fight
You got that right
Said, you got that right
Sure got that right

Seems so long I been out on my own
Travel light and I’m always alone
Guess I was born with a travellin’ bone
When my times up, I’ll hold my own
You won’t find me in an old folks home
You got that right
Well you got that right
Said, you got that right
Sure got that right
I tried everything in my life
Things I like I try ’em twice
You got that right
Sure got that right

Travellin’ around the world, just singing my song
I got to go, Lord I can’t stay long
Here comes that ol’ travellin’ jones once again
I like to drink and to dance all night
Comes to a fix not afraid to fight
You got that right
Said, you got that right
Well you got that right
Sure got that right

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You can understand the lyrics to You Got That Right 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 You Got That Right" means the words set to the music of You Got That Right, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Lynyrd Skynyrd. 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 You Got That Right and the lyrics to You Got That Right are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Lynyrd Skynyrd who came here looking just for the lyrics to You Got That Right, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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