Lyrics to
I, John

This version of I, John was released by Elvis Presley in 1972.

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Oh well, I, John, he saw might numbers
A way up in the middle of the air
I, John he saw might numbers
Way in the middle of the air
Got to mighty move, John, you saw mighty numbers
Way up in the middle of the air

Well there were three gates in the east
And there were three gates in the west
Three gates in the north
Three gates in the south
And that makes twelve gates to the city all square wide

John, you saw might numbers way up in the middle of the air
Well John declared that he saw a man
He held twelve bright stars in his right hand
Well his eyes flashed fire like the burning sun
Old John got scared and he wanted to run
Well he wanted to run but his feet wouldn’t go
Cause he felt the gospel cutting like a two-edged sword
And he heard a voice that said John, you take a look
And read what you see and then you write it in a book

And he saw twelve angels in the east
And there were twelve angels in the west
Twelve angels in the north,
Twelve angels in the south
That’s a total of forty-eight angels to the city, four squared wide

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The lyrics for I, John are defined as the words making up the song released by Elvis Presley in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to I, John have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Elvis Presley and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to I, John by Elvis Presley if you think through it. 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, John" means the words set to the music of I, John, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Elvis Presley. 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, John and the lyrics to I, John are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Elvis Presley who came here looking just for the lyrics to I, John, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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