Lyrics to
Come Away Melinda

This version of Come Away Melinda was released by Uriah Heep in 1970.

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Daddy, Daddy, come and look
See what I’ve found
A little ways away from here
While digging in the ground

Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
It’s nothing, just a picture-book
They had before the war

Daddy, Daddy, come and see
Daddy, come and look
Why, there’s four or five little Melinda girls
Inside my picture book

Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
There were lots of little girls like you
Before they had the war

Daddy, Daddy, come and see
Daddy, hurry do!
Why, there’s someone in a pretty dress
She’s all grown up like you
Won’t you tell me why

Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
That someone is your Mommy
You had before the war

Daddy, Daddy, tell me if you can
Why can’t things be the way they were
Before the war began

Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
The answer lies in yesterday
Before they had the war

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About Lyrics and Come Away Melinda by Uriah Heep

The lyrics to Come Away Melinda are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Uriah Heep used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Come Away Melinda have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Uriah Heep and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Come Away Melinda by Uriah Heep. 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 Come Away Melinda" means the words set to the music of Come Away Melinda, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Uriah Heep. 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 Come Away Melinda and the lyrics to Come Away Melinda are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Uriah Heep who came here looking just for the lyrics to Come Away Melinda, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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