Lyrics to
A Venture

This version of A Venture was released by Yes in 1971.

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Once a peaceful man laid his old head down by a river,
Thought about his childhood life, his father and forgiver,
Couldn’t hide away, hide away.

He controlled the horses with a handclap or a whisper,
Drink he couldn’t combat but he knew he was no sinner,
Couldn’t hide away, hide away.

He told all his sons of all the antics of adventure,
Then he told another one who drove himself to drink
Not to hide away, hide away.

Better men have realized alone is not a venture,
A decent man would realize alone is not a venture,
Just to hide away, hide away.

He told all his sons of all the antics of adventure,
Then he told another one who drove himself to drink
Not to hide away, hide away.

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When you decide to study the lyrics to A Venture, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by Yes. Some of the lyrics to A Venture have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Yes and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to A Venture 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 A Venture" means the words set to the music of A Venture, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Yes. 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 A Venture and the lyrics to A Venture are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Yes who came here looking just for the lyrics to A Venture, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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