Lyrics to Be A Lion - Decade Lyrics

This version of Be A Lion was released by Diana Ross in 1978.

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There is a place we’ll go
Where there is mostly quiet
Flowers and butterflies
A rainbow lives beside it

And from a velvet sky
A summer storm
You can feel the coolness in the air
But you’re still warm

And then a mighty roar
Will start the sky to cryin’
But not even light’ning
Will be frightening my lion

And with no fear inside
No need to run
No need to hide
You’re standing strong and tall
You’re the bravest of them all

If on courage you must call
Then just keep on tryin’
And tryin’, and tryin’
You’re a lion
In your own way, be a lion

Come on be a lion

I am standing strong and tall
You’re the bravest of them all
If on courage you must call
Keep on tryin’
And tryin’, and tryin’
I’m a lion
In my own way
I’m a lion
A lion
A lion
A lion

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Diana Ross has released many songs over the years besides Be A Lion. Diana Ross released songs from 1970 to 2006 spanning across albums like Everything Is Everything, Diana Ross, Surrender / I'm Still Waiting, Lady Sings The Blues, Touch Me In The Morning, Last Time I Saw Him, Diana & Marvin, Live At Caesar's Palace, Baby It's Me, The Wiz, Ross, The Boss, diana, To Love Again, Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Silk Electric, Swept Away, Eaten Alive, Red Hot Rhythm And Blues, Workin' Overtime, The Force Behind The Power, Take Me Higher, Every Day Is A New Day, I Love You, and Blue. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Diana Ross.

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About Lyrics and Be A Lion by Diana Ross

When you decide to study the lyrics to Be A Lion, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Diana Ross. Some of the lyrics to Be A Lion have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Diana Ross and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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