Lyrics to
You Won’t Change Me

This version of You Won’T Change Me was released by Black Sabbath in 1976.

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I’m just a man and I am what I am
Nobody will ever change my ways
I don’t need money and I don’t need no lies
I only need to live for today
But I’d like to talk things over with you
I want to hear the things you say, today
Although you won’t change my anyway, no no way

I wish you’d come and see me, I’d like to hold you
I want to set my mind all free
You understand me woman, you give me time
But I don’t need no sympathy
Still I wonder what it’s like to be loved
Instead of hiding in myself
Nobody will change me anyway, no no way

Nobody’s gonna change my world
That’s something too unreal
Nobody will change the way I feel

So listen to me now, hear what I say
Please give me time and maybe love
If there’s a God up there, well I hope he helps me
I need him now to set me free
‘Cause it may be that it’s over for me
If you don’t hear the things that I say, today
Nobody will change me anyway, no no way

Nobody’s gonna change my world, that’s something too unreal
Nobody will change the way I feel

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You can understand the lyrics to You Won’T Change Me 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 Won’T Change Me" means the words set to the music of You Won’T Change Me, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Black Sabbath. 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 Won’T Change Me and the lyrics to You Won’T Change Me are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Black Sabbath who came here looking just for the lyrics to You Won’T Change Me, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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