Lyrics to
You Wear It So Well

This version of You Wear It So Well was released by Lou Reed in 1976.

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All of those things
yeah, that you got to give

Yeah, you wear it so well
hey, you wear it so well

All of those stories
honey, that I know you could tell

Yeah, you wear it so well
and your face hides it so we can’t tell
That you knew we would wear it so well
you wear it so well

Yeah darling, you wear it so well
(you wear it so well)
Yeah baby, you wear it so well
(you wear it so well)
Yeah now baby, you wear it so well
(you wear it so well)
Hey now darling now, yeah, you wear it so well
(you wear it so well)

All of those things
that make poets sing

You wear it so well
yeah, you hide it so well

And all of those pain
that you used to tell

You hide it so well
can’t tell from your face that you knew it so well
Hey, now that you have such a story to tell
yeah, you got style and grace and you wear it so well
You wear it so well
and you got, you got such a story to tell
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you wear it so well
grace and style equals you so well
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you wear it so well, well, yeah, so well
yeah, you wear it, wear it, wear it now, wear it now, baby
Yeah, now you wear it so well
and you got such a story to tell

(Ooohhh, ooohhh, ooohhh)
(ooohhh, you wear it so well)
(You wear it so well)
(you wear it so well)

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About Lyrics and You Wear It So Well by Lou Reed

The lyrics to You Wear It So Well are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Lou Reed used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to You Wear It So Well have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Lou Reed and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to You Wear It So Well by Lou Reed. 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 Wear It So Well" means the words set to the music of You Wear It So Well, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Lou Reed. 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 Wear It So Well and the lyrics to You Wear It So Well are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Lou Reed who came here looking just for the lyrics to You Wear It So Well, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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