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You Were There

This version of You Were There was released by Amy Grant in 1979.

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I never thought I needed someone ’til You came my way
And how I ever lived without You I don’t know to this day
There were times I could’ve done better I know
But even when I failed You, oh your love would never let go

You were there
When I needed someone to talk to
You were there
When I could not find my way, ohh…
You know You could’ve given up on me when it seemed that nobody cared.
You were there, You were there

You know I’ve faced the same temptation time and again
But how could someone leave this warmth to go out in the rain?
No one else could ever offer me more
Than Your love and Your understanding, a love I’ve never known before

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About Lyrics and You Were There by Amy Grant

The lyrics for You Were There are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Amy Grant. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to You Were There have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for You Were There - Amy Grant and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to You Were There by Amy Grant in multiple 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 Were There" means the words set to the music of You Were There, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Amy Grant. 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 Were There and the lyrics to You Were There are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Amy Grant who came here looking just for the lyrics to You Were There, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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