Lyrics to You Make It All Worthwhile

This version of You Make It All Worthwhile was released by The Kinks in 1975.

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He arrives home. He fumbles in his
Pockets for his keys but there is no
Need. Andrea is waiting to greet him
With open arms.

Hello love. You look all worn out!
Let me take your brief case. That’s a
Good boy. Now you come and sit down
Ouer here and relax and I’ll make you
A nice cuppa tea. Then we’ll have
Dinner and we can sit and watch the
Tele. By the way dear, how’d you get
On at the office.

You Make It All Worthwhile

I mustn’t stay in this job too long
I gotta get out before the hold is too strong
Gotta get out before my ambition is gone
‘Cos it’s breaking me up and bringing me down.

But when I get home you make it all worthwhile,
You make me laugh and you make me smile
And after a hard day sorting out the files
You make it all worthwhile.

Oh, I’ve just remembered we’ve only got shepherd’s pie,
Do you like it?

No, I hate it.

Hate it? But you see Norman loves it so much and you did ask me to
Act normally, didn’t you. I mean I can’t cope with all that
Fancy stuff you like to eat.

Alright, I’ll eat it and afterwards, I’ll write a whole verse about
Your cooking.

You mustn’t blame yourself like you do,
It’s gonna make a nervous wreck out of you,
So wipe your nose and dry your eyes,
What’s the point of cracking up all because of shepherd’s pie?

Baby, you never know what I’ve been through.
I break my back and sweat and slave
To bring some money home to you.
Baby, you won’t believe it but it’s true
What a boring occupation can do,
It can make a nervous wreck out of you,
It can kill your spirit and destroy your mind.

But when I get home you make it all worthwhile.
You make me laugh and you make me smile
And after a hard day sorting out the files
You make it all worthwhile.

Would you like steam pudding and custard for afters.

Darling, that would be marvellous.

And when I come home you make it all worthwhile.
You make me laugh and you make me smile
And after a hard day working on the files
You make it all worthwhile

Come on darling, let’s go and have dinner.

And when I come home you make it all worthwhile.
You make me laugh and you make me smile
And after a hard day working on the files
You make it all worthwhile.

About Lyrics and You Make It All Worthwhile by The Kinks

The lyrics to You Make It All Worthwhile are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Kinks in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to You Make It All Worthwhile are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Kinks and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for You Make It All Worthwhile back when it was created.

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