Lyrics to
Heavy Church

This version of Heavy Church was released by Three Dog Night in 1970.

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Light my way with incensed candles ooh.
Rug so soft beneath my sandals, ooh.
I’ve never been in here before
Like to feel the glory.

Mercy, mercy on the love defenders
Have pity on the pretenders
A little help from all lifes losers
A little truth from the mind abusers
Ooh I need them playing in the Heavy Church

If you judge the way they’re living ooh,
Try to see the truth their giving you
They only want to touch your hand with understanding.

Mercy, mercy on the love defenders
Have pity on the pretenders
A little help from all Lots losers
A little truth from the mind abusers
Ooh I need them playing in the Heavy Church

Mercy, mercy on the love defenders
Have pity on the pretenders
A little help from all lifes losers
A little truth from the mind abusers

Mercy, mercy on the love defenders
Have pity on the pretenders
A little help from all lifes losers
A little truth from the mind abusers
Hear them, hear them, hear them, hear them
Run and see the truth they’re giving you
Hear them, hear them
Run and see the truth they’re giving you
Hear them, hear them
Run
Hear them, hear them
Run and see the truth they’re giving you
Hear them, hear them
Run

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Three Dog Night has released many songs over the years besides Heavy Church. Three Dog Night released songs from 1968 to 1976 spanning across albums like Three Dog Night, Suitable For Framing, It Ain't Easy, Naturally, Harmony, Seven Separate Fools, Cyan, Hard Labor, Coming Down Your Way, and American Pastime. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Three Dog Night.

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About Lyrics and Heavy Church by Three Dog Night

The lyrics to Heavy Church are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Three Dog Night in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to Heavy Church are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Three Dog Night and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Heavy Church back when it was created.

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

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