Lyrics to
Chained

This version of Chained was released by Three Dog Night in 1972.

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Free like a bird as it flies,
Free like an old man that dies,
Just like a stream or a rose growing wild,
Somewhere there’s someone walkin’ the road
Somewhere someone who carries a load,
Don’t look too far to see somewhere there’s a man.

Chained, chained, chained, chained.
God bring the day, God bring the day,
God bring the day when we don’t have to lay there chained.

God, why don’t you let them go?
Why? That’s what I want to know.
Pray to the Lord, give thanks that you’re free.
Somewhere there’s a magical sun,
Somewhere and no evil is done,
Where there’s a devil wind, therein a man

Chained, chained, chained, chained.
God bring the day, God bring the day,
God bring the day when we don’t have to lay there chained.

Chained, chained, chained, chained.
God bring the day, God bring the day,
God bring the day when we don’t have to lay there.

Chained, chained, chained, chained.
Chained, chained, chained, chained.

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About Lyrics and Chained by Three Dog Night

The lyrics for Chained are defined as the words making up the song released by Three Dog Night in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Chained have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Three Dog Night 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 Chained by Three Dog Night 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 Chained" means the words set to the music of Chained, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Three Dog Night. 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 Chained and the lyrics to Chained are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Three Dog Night who came here looking just for the lyrics to Chained, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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