Lyrics to
Far East Man

This version of Far East Man was released by George Harrison in 1974.

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While the world wages war
It gets harder to see
Who your friends really are
I won’t let him down
Got to do what I can
I won’t let him drown
He’s a far east man

All these ups and those downs
Makes me question what love is
Is it a lie or worthwile
I won’t let him down
Got to do what I can
I won’t let him drown
He’s a far east man

Sometime is so short
But it takes so long
Wondering if it is
Or if I’m wrong
Even then my heart seems
To be the one in charge
Can only do what it tells me

We can’t let them down
We’ve got to do what we can
We can’t let him drown
He’s a far east man

Looks like right here on earth
God, it’s hellish at times
But I feel that a heaven’s in sight
And I can’t let hin down
Got to do what I can
I can’t let him drown
He’s a far east man

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George Harrison has released many songs over the years besides Far East Man. George Harrison released songs from 1970 to 2002 spanning across albums like All Things Must Pass, The Concert For Bangla Desh, Living In The Material World, Dark Horse, Extra Texture (Read All About It), Thirty Three & 1/3, George Harrison, Somewhere In England, Gone Troppo, Cloud Nine, and Brainwashed. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by George Harrison.

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About Lyrics and Far East Man by George Harrison

When you decide to study the lyrics to Far East Man, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by George Harrison. Some of the lyrics to Far East Man have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only George Harrison and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Far East Man if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Far East Man" means the words set to the music of Far East Man, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by George Harrison. 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 Far East Man and the lyrics to Far East Man are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of George Harrison who came here looking just for the lyrics to Far East Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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