Lyrics to
Laughing

This version of Laughing was released by Stills, Nash & Young Crosby in 1971.

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I thought I met a man,
Who said he knew a man,
Who knew what was going on.
I was mistaken
Only another stranger that I knew
I thought I found a light
And all this darkness
I was mistaken
Only reflections – of a shadow that I saw
And I thought I’d seen someone
Who seemed at last
To know the truth
I was mistaken
It was only a child – laughing – in the sun
Ah! In the sun

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About Lyrics and Laughing by Stills, Nash & Young Crosby

The lyrics to Laughing are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Stills, Nash & Young Crosby in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to Laughing are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Stills, Nash & Young Crosby and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Laughing back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Laughing by Stills, Nash & Young Crosby in a number of 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 Laughing" means the words set to the music of Laughing, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Stills, Nash & Young Crosby. 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 Laughing and the lyrics to Laughing are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Stills, Nash & Young Crosby who came here looking just for the lyrics to Laughing, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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