Lyrics to
Graveyard People

This version of Graveyard People was released by Traffic in 1974.

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Graveyard people with graveyard minds
Peeking out through half-drawn blinds
Desperate people with desperate minds
Only live amongst straight lines
Scorning the gypsies camped out in the fields
What do they know of the warrior’s shield?

Go-slow workers with Union minds
Striking out for better times
Sunshine people with sunshine minds
Living in these troubled times
Follow shop stewards like so many sheep
Sowing the seed that our children will reap

Go-slow workers with Union minds
Striking out for better times
Sunshine people with sunshine minds
Living in these troubled times
Get it together, no one knows how we feel
Sowing the seed that our children will reap

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About Lyrics and Graveyard People by Traffic

The lyrics to Graveyard People are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Traffic used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to Graveyard People 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 Graveyard People 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 Graveyard People" means the words set to the music of Graveyard People, 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 Graveyard People and the lyrics to Graveyard People 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 Graveyard People, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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