Lyrics to
Been To Canaan

This version of Been To Canaan was released by Carole King in 1972.

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Green fields and rolling hills
Room enough to do what we will
Sweet dreams of yestertime
Are running through my mind
Of a place I left behind

Been so long, I can’t remember when
I’ve been to Canaan and I want to go back again
Been so long, I’m living till then
‘Cause I’ve been to Canaan and I won’t rest until I go back again

Though I’m content with myself
Sometimes I long to be somewhere else
I try to do what I can
But with our day-to-day demands
We all need a promised land

And it’s been so long, I can’t remember when
I’ve been to Canaan and I want to go back again
Been so long, I’m living till then
‘Cause I’ve been to Canaan and I won’t rest until I go back again

Oh, I want to be there in the wintertime
With a fireplace burning to warm me
And you to hold me when it’s stormy

Been so long, I can’t remember when
I’ve been to Canaan and I want to go back again
Been so long, I’m living till then
‘Cause I’ve been to Canaan and I won’t rest until I go back again

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About Lyrics and Been To Canaan by Carole King

The lyrics for Been To Canaan are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by Carole King. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Been To Canaan 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 Been To Canaan - Carole King 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 Been To Canaan by Carole King 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 Been To Canaan" means the words set to the music of Been To Canaan, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carole King. 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 Been To Canaan and the lyrics to Been To Canaan are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carole King who came here looking just for the lyrics to Been To Canaan, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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