Lyrics to
I Am The Lion

This version of I Am The Lion was released by Neil Diamond in 1970.

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There was a flood
And many poor men were killed
And that is why our house
Is built on the top of a hill

The plains are like a friend,
Why can’t we live on them
And if a flood should come,
Why can’t we run

I am the lion
Bellowing out in the night
We had a cow
I left it alone to graze
And walked to the stream
And when I returned
It was stolen away
But now the cow is gone,
And we don’t need a farm
We have not one thing
They would steal away

I am the lion
Bellowing out at the night
I Am
The lion
Bellowing out in the night
I am
The lion

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About Lyrics and I Am The Lion by Neil Diamond

The lyrics to I Am The Lion are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Neil Diamond in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to I Am The Lion are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Neil Diamond and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for I Am The Lion back when it was created.

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

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