Lyrics to
Being Green

This version of Being Green was released by Diana Ross in 1974.

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One day, as I was walking through my garden, I saw a little frog lying on the ground. And I thought he was sick. So I picked him up and he wasn’t sick at all. He was very sad, and he was crying. And I said: What’s a matter with you, little frog? And he looked up at me with a lump in his throat, and he said: wribbit!

It ain’t easy being green
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves
When I think, I think it would be nicer being red
Or yellow or gold

You see, it ain’t easy being green
It seems to blend in with so many other ordinary things
And then, sometimes, sometimes people pass over you
Because you’re not standing out like sparkles on the water
Or like the stars in the sky

But did you know that green is the color of Spring
And green can be big like an ocean
And important like a mountain
And cool and friendly-like
Or tall and skinny like a tree
And me

But when green is all there is to be
It kind of makes you wonder why
Why wonder, wonder why?
Hey, I’m green and I think it’ll do fine
‘Cause green is just what I wanna be
‘Cause green is beautiful, baby
Right on green
And anyway, money’s green

Wribbit

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About Lyrics and Being Green by Diana Ross

The lyrics for Being Green are defined as the words making up the song released by Diana Ross in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Being Green have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Diana Ross and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Being Green by Diana Ross if you think through it. 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 Being Green" means the words set to the music of Being Green, 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 Being Green and the lyrics to Being Green 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 Being Green, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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