Lyrics to
Freedom Rider

This version of Freedom Rider was released by Traffic in 1970.

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Like a hurricane around your heart
When earth and sky are torn apart
He comes gathering up the bits
While hoping that the puzzle fits
He leaves you
He leaves you
Freedom rider

With a silver star between his eyes
That open up at hidden lies
Big man crying with defeat
See people gathering in the street
You feel him
You feel good
Freedom rider

When lightning strikes you to the bone
You turn around, you’re all alone
By the time you hear that siren sound
Then your soul is in the lost and found
Forever
Forever
Freedom rider

Here it comes

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About Lyrics and Freedom Rider by Traffic

The lyrics to Freedom Rider are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Traffic used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Freedom Rider have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Traffic 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 Freedom Rider by Traffic. 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 Freedom Rider" means the words set to the music of Freedom Rider, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Traffic. 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 Freedom Rider and the lyrics to Freedom Rider are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Traffic who came here looking just for the lyrics to Freedom Rider, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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