Lyrics to
Chelsea Morning

This version of Chelsea Morning was released by Neil Diamond in 1971.

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Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning
And the first thing that I heard
Was the song outside my window
And the traffic wrote the words
It came ringing up like Christmas bells
And rapping up like pipes and drums

Won’t you stay
We’ll put on the day
And we’ll wear it ’till the night comes

Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning
And the first thing that I saw
Was the sun through yellow curtains
And a rainbow on the wall
Red, green and gold to welcome you
And crimson crystal beads to beckon

Won’t you stay
We’ll put on the day
There’s a sun shower every second
(instrumental)
Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning
And the first thing that I knew
There was milk and toast and honey
And a bowl of oranges, too
And the light poured in like butterscotch
And stuck to all my senses

Won’t you stay
We’ll put on the day
And we’ll talk in present tenses

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The lyrics for Chelsea Morning are defined as the words making up the song released by Neil Diamond in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Chelsea Morning have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Neil Diamond 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 Chelsea Morning by Neil Diamond 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 Chelsea Morning" means the words set to the music of Chelsea Morning, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Neil Diamond. 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 Chelsea Morning and the lyrics to Chelsea Morning are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Neil Diamond who came here looking just for the lyrics to Chelsea Morning, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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