Lyrics to
Good Mountain People

This version of Good Mountain People was released by Carole King in 1979.

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I’ve seen people – just because they’ve had some schooling
Think they know all there is to know
Well, I’ve done some movin’ around in my time and I ain’t foolin’
One of my favorite places to go
Is where there’s

Good mountain people who make y’ feel so fine
Good mountain people – they sure know how to have a rockin’ good time

I’ve traveled in vehicles over miles of country
Too fast to stop and look around
But I’m like a child again, I’m learnin’ how to run free
It’s good to feel my feet back on the ground
Livin’ with those

Good mountain people who make y’ feel so fine
Good mountain people – they sure know how to have a rockin’ good time

It’s quite a sight to see rednecks and longhairs
After years on the opposite sides of the fence
Helpin’ each other in time of need, knowin’ they both belong there
Working it out with good old common sense
Just because they’re

Good mountain people who make y’ feel so fine
Good mountain people – they sure know how to have a rockin’ good time

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Carole King has released many songs over the years besides Good Mountain People. Carole King released songs from 1968 to 2005 spanning across albums like Now That Everything's Been Said, Writer, Tapestry, Music, Rhymes & Reasons, Fantasy, Wrap Around Joy, Really Rosie, Thoroughbred, Simple Things, Welcome Home, Touch The Sky, Pearls: Songs Of Goffin And King, One To One, Speeding Time, City Streets, Colour Of Your Dreams, Love Makes The World, and The Living Room Tour. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Carole King.

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About Lyrics and Good Mountain People by Carole King

The lyrics to Good Mountain People are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Carole King in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to Good Mountain People are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Carole King and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Good Mountain People back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Good Mountain People by Carole King 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 Good Mountain People" means the words set to the music of Good Mountain People, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carole King. 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 Good Mountain People and the lyrics to Good Mountain People are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carole King who came here looking just for the lyrics to Good Mountain People, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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