Lyrics to
Give Peace A Chance (Reprise)

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All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

All we are saying is give peace a chance
All we are saying is give peace a chance

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John Lennon has released many songs over the years besides Give Peace A Chance (Reprise). John Lennon released songs from 1970 to 1988 spanning across albums like John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band, Imagine, Some Time In New York City, Mind Games, Walls And Bridges, Rock 'N' Roll, Shaved Fish, Double Fantasy, Milk And Honey, Live In New York City, and Imagine: John Lennon. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by John Lennon.

About Lyrics and Give Peace A Chance (Reprise) by John Lennon

The lyrics to Give Peace A Chance (Reprise) are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by John Lennon in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Give Peace A Chance (Reprise) are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by John Lennon and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Give Peace A Chance (Reprise) back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Give Peace A Chance (Reprise) by John Lennon in a number of ways. 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 Peace A Chance (Reprise)" means the words set to the music of Give Peace A Chance (Reprise), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Lennon. 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 Peace A Chance (Reprise) and the lyrics to Give Peace A Chance (Reprise) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Lennon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Give Peace A Chance (Reprise), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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