Lyrics to
You’re Leaving Too Soon

This version of You’Re Leaving Too Soon was released by Barry Manilow in 1975.

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You’re leaving too soon
You oughta try believin’ just for a day or two
You’re tryin’ to be wise and that’s a foolish thing to do
Close the door
You’re leaving too soon

You’ll never learn to fly unless you learn to fall
You’ll never know the answers ’till you’ve heard the call
You can’t turn your back until you face it all
Take my word
You’re leaving too soon

You’re leaving too soon
You oughta try believin’ just for a day or two
You’re tryin’ to be wise and that’s a foolish thing to do
Close the door
You’re leaving to soon

Babe you shouldn’t go until you know just what I mean
Now, “happy ever after”, I have never seen
But still we might come closer than we’ve ever been
Come over here
You’re leavin’ too soon

You’re leavin’ too soon
You oughta try believin’ just for a day or two
You’re tryin’ to be wise and that’s a foolish thing to do
Close the door
You’re leaving too soon
You’re leaving too soon

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About Lyrics and You’Re Leaving Too Soon by Barry Manilow

The lyrics for You’Re Leaving Too Soon are defined as the words making up the song released by Barry Manilow in 1975. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to You’Re Leaving Too Soon have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Barry Manilow and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to You’Re Leaving Too Soon by Barry Manilow if you think through it. 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’Re Leaving Too Soon" means the words set to the music of You’Re Leaving Too Soon, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barry Manilow. 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’Re Leaving Too Soon and the lyrics to You’Re Leaving Too Soon are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barry Manilow who came here looking just for the lyrics to You’Re Leaving Too Soon, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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