Lyrics to
Buddah

This version of Buddah was released by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1973.

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Saw Buddah walking down the street
I said, “Hey man, I never thought we’d meet”
Looked at me and he did a dance
He said, “Hey son, you gotta take your chance”

Saw Jesus in ’65
Said, “Hey son, you’re still alive”
He was standing in a riot zone
Said, “Hey man, why don’t you go home?”
He said, “I never was, never will be
What you gotta do is carry on and forget about me”

Saw Moses in a Cadillac
Said, “Hey man, why did you come back?”
He looked at me and he did a dance
Said, “Hey man, you gotta take your chance”

Saw the saviour standing on the stage
He looked at me, I was in a rage
Looked my way and he said to me
“You gotta carry on and forget about me
‘Cause I never was, never will be
What you gotta do is carry on and forget about me”

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About Lyrics and Buddah by Manfred Mann's Earth Band

The lyrics for Buddah are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1973 song by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Buddah 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 Buddah - Manfred Mann's Earth Band 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 Buddah by Manfred Mann's Earth Band 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 Buddah" means the words set to the music of Buddah, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. 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 Buddah and the lyrics to Buddah are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Manfred Mann's Earth Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Buddah, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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