Lyrics to
Drywood

This version of Drywood was released by Cat Stevens in 1975.

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You’ve got to learn, to brighten up your ways
Kick out your dull padded life
There’s much to know, and no doors in space
They were only mirrors you imagined in your mind
Now that you’ve got no place to go
And you stand alone
Know that there’s just one place to be
And it’s in your soul, oh
Like drywood takes to fire the truth will come to you
Like streams that seek the ocean they will find ways through
Like morning meets the moon, my love will guide the way
It’s time to wipe your eyes not, and awake
I’ve come to take you over, there’s much for you to do
I’ve come to take you over, then it’s up to you

Be like the light, in the shadows
Throw down your mask and be real
Don’t wish to win, and don’t mind to lose
That was just a cycle like a squirrel in a wheel
Now that you’ve got no place to look
And you stand alone
Know that’s there’s just one place to be
And it is your home, oh
Like fish that seek the water, the truth will come to you
Like leaves upon the soil, they will find ways through
Like flowers seek the sun, my love will guide the way
It’s time to wipe your eyes now, and awake.

You say you’re really with me but you only follow me around
How much you love me yes,
But I don’t want the kind of love
I have to sit down and count

You think you’re free and lucky but you’re stuck behind a prison wall
How well you know yourself
But I see something else within you
That you don’t see at all
You may give up your number, disowning all your wealth
You may sell all the pieces, but you’ll
Never never never give up
Yourself, oh no no no.

Like drywood takes to fire the truth will come to you
Like streams that seek the ocean they will find ways through
Like morning meets the night’s stars, my love will guide the way
It’s time to wipe your eyes not, and awake
I’ve come to take you over, there’s much for you to do
I’ve come to take you over, then it’s up to you.

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About Lyrics and Drywood by Cat Stevens

The lyrics for Drywood are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Cat Stevens. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Drywood 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 Drywood - Cat Stevens 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 Drywood by Cat Stevens 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 Drywood" means the words set to the music of Drywood, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cat Stevens. 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 Drywood and the lyrics to Drywood are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cat Stevens who came here looking just for the lyrics to Drywood, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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