Lyrics to
Eldorado

From the Album: Eldorado |

This version of Eldorado was released by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) in 1974.

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Here it comes, another lonely day, playing the game,
I’ll sail away on a voyage of no return to see
if eternal life is meant to be
and if I find the key to the eternal dream.

The painted ladies of the Avalon play in the sun,
take to the road, to the North there lies the chills of cold,
to the South there lies the tales untold.
But in between there lies the place to close your eyes.

And I will stay, I’ll not be back, Eldorado.
I will be free of the world, Eldorado.

Say goodbye, the city’s heroes sing, bird on the wing
feel, feel so free through the life upon the rooftop haze,
all the cheating and the broken days.
So through it all I see there’s nothing left for me.

So I will stay, I’ll not be back, Eldorado.
I will be free of the world, Eldorado.

Sitting here on top of everywhere, what do I care.
Days never end, I know the voyage’s end will soon be here,
no eternal life is here for me.
And now I found the key to the eternal dream.

Then I will stay, I’ll not be back, Eldorado.
I will be free of the world, Eldorado.
Then I will stay.


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Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) has released many songs over the years besides Eldorado. Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) released songs from 1971 to 2001 spanning across albums like No Answer, Electric Light Orchestra II, On The Third Day, Eldorado, Face The Music, A New World Record, Out Of The Blue, Discovery, Xanadu, Time, Secret Messages, Balance Of Power, and Zoom. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo).

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About Lyrics and Eldorado by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo)

The lyrics to Eldorado are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to Eldorado have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

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

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