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Eldorado Overture

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

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The dreamer, the unworken fool,
In dreams, no pain will kiss the brow.
The love of ages fills the head.
The days that linger there in prey of emptiness,
Of burned out dreams.
The minutes calling through the years.
The universal dreamer rises up above his earthly burden.
Journey to the dead of night.
High on a hill in Eldorado

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About Lyrics and Eldorado Overture by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo)

The lyrics for Eldorado Overture are defined as the words making up the song released by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Eldorado Overture have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) 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 Eldorado Overture by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) 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 Eldorado Overture" means the words set to the music of Eldorado Overture, 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 Overture and the lyrics to Eldorado Overture 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 Overture, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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