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Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)

This version of Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) was released by George Harrison in 1973.

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Give me love
Give me love
Give me peace on earth
Give me light
Give me life
Keep me free from birth
Give me hope
Help me cope, with this heavy load
Trying to, touch and reach you with,
heart and soul

OM M M M M M M M M M M M M M
M M M My Lord . . .

PLEASE take hold of my hand, that
I might understand you

Won’t you please
Oh won’t you

Give me love
Give me love
Give me peace on earth
Give me light
Give me life
Keep me free from birth
Give me hope
Help me cope, with this heavy load
Trying to, touch and reach you with,
heart and soul

OM M M M M M M M M M M M M M
M M M My Lord . . .

PLEASE take hold of my hand, that
I might understand you

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The lyrics for Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) are defined as the words making up the song released by George Harrison in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only George Harrison 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 Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) by George Harrison 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 Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" means the words set to the music of Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth), 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 Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) and the lyrics to Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) 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 Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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