Lyrics to
Borrowed Tune

This version of Borrowed Tune was released by Neil Young in 1975.

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I’m climbin’ this ladder,
My head in the clouds
I hope that it matters,
I’m havin’ my doubts.

I’m watchin’ the skaters
Fly by on the lake.
Ice frozen six feet deep,
How long does it take?

I look out on peaceful lands
With no war nearby,
An ocean of shakin’ hands
That grab at the sky.

I’m singin’ this borrowed tune
I took from the Rolling Stones,
Alone in this empty room
Too wasted to write my own.

I’m climbin’ this ladder,
My heads in the clouds
I hope that it matters.

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About Lyrics and Borrowed Tune by Neil Young

The lyrics to Borrowed Tune are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Neil Young in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Borrowed Tune are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Neil Young and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Borrowed Tune back when it was created.

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

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