Lyrics to
You’re The One

This version of You’Re The One was released by Carly Simon in 1978.

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Well I spent all night alone with you
And you weren’t even there
Your eyes burned on me like the midnight sun
And somewhere in the night I knew
How much I really cared

‘Cause you’re the one
You’re the one
For me you are the one

I tried to keep my distance afraid of striking out
But protect myself from life is all I’ve done
So I got to tell you now
Before another night goes by
That you’re the one, you’re the one
For me you are the one

And sometimes it hits you right away
And sometimes it takes awhile
Oh but now that you’ve crept up on me
There’s nothing I can do to stay away from you though Lord
I’ve tried to keep it down
But resistance only moves it to the front
So I got to tell you now and worry what you’ll say

‘Cause you’re the one
You’re the one
For me you are the one

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About Lyrics and You’Re The One by Carly Simon

The lyrics for You’Re The One are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by Carly Simon. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to You’Re The One 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’Re The One - Carly Simon 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’Re The One by Carly Simon 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’Re The One" means the words set to the music of You’Re The One, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carly Simon. 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 The One and the lyrics to You’Re The One are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carly Simon who came here looking just for the lyrics to You’Re The One, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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