Lyrics to
Born In A Trunk

This version of Born In A Trunk was released by Uriah Heep in 1970.

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You were born in a trunk
Everyone talkin’ about you
You were born in a trunk
Where would they be without you

You better move off the rails
People begin to look subways
You better move off the rails
You won’t even listen to my way

I’m livin’ in shame
People say I don’t matter
I’m livin’ in shame

You were born in a trunk
Everyone talkin’ about you
You were born in a trunk
Where would they be without you

You better move off the rails
People begin to look subways
You better move off the rails
You won’t even listen to my way

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Uriah Heep has released many songs over the years besides Born In A Trunk. Uriah Heep released songs from 1970 to 1998 spanning across albums like Very 'eavy... Very 'umble, Salisbury, Look At Yourself, Demons And Wizards, The Magician's Birthday, Sweet Freedom, Wonderworld, Return To Fantasy, High And Mighty, Firefly, Innocent Victim, Fallen Angel, Conquest, Abominog, Head First, Equator, Raging Silence, Different World, Sea Of Light, and Sonic Origami. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Uriah Heep.

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About Lyrics and Born In A Trunk by Uriah Heep

The lyrics to Born In A Trunk are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Uriah Heep in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to Born In A Trunk are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Uriah Heep and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Born In A Trunk back when it was created.

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

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