Lyrics to
Chameleon

This version of Chameleon was released by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) in 1970.

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You took me runnin’ up a wrong way street.
When we got there, you said, “Can’t you read ?”
I must be blind, but now and then I see
Another number where mine used to be.

You keep on changin’ your face, like a Chameleon.
You keep on changing your face like a Chameleon.

I say what’s up, and then you say it’s down.
I see triangles, and you say it’s round, round, round.
Saw an empty glass; you said it’s full.
Lord, it’s so hot, then you come on cool, cool.

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Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) has released many songs over the years besides Chameleon. Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) released songs from 1968 to 1972 spanning across albums like Creedence Clearwater Revival, Green River, Bayou Country, Willy And The Poorboys, Pendulum, Cosmo's Factory, and Mardi Gras. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival).

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Chameleon, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1970 song by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival). Some of the lyrics to Chameleon have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Chameleon if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Chameleon" means the words set to the music of Chameleon, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival). 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 Chameleon and the lyrics to Chameleon are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) who came here looking just for the lyrics to Chameleon, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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