Lyrics to
I Will

This version of I Will was released by Chris De Burgh in 1977.

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I’m going to an island,
Where the sun will always shine,
Where the moon is always riding on the sea;
And when I go I’ll leave behind,
These chains that hold me down,
The time has come to set my spirit free,
Ah ah … I will

And there beside a mountain stream,
I’ll build a house of stone,
And work the wood of cedar, pine and fir,
And then I’ll make a garden,
And I’ll plant a field of corn,
Press my hands deep into Mother Earth,
Ah, ah … I will,
Yes I will,
Oh I will,
Just to be a part of Nature once again,
I want to be a part of Nature once again,
And I will… And then I’ll teach my children love,
Like every father should,
For we are part of every living thing,
And speak of half-forgotten words,
Like peace and joy and good,
For the world can only live when love can sing,
Ah, ah … I will,
Oh, yes I will,
I will,
And they will be a part of Nature once again,
Oh they will feel a part of Nature once again,
The time is now,
Just to be a part of Nature once again,
And I will, ah ah, someday I will, (someday I will)

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About Lyrics and I Will by Chris De Burgh

The lyrics for I Will are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Chris De Burgh. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to I Will have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for I Will - Chris De Burgh and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to I Will by Chris De Burgh in multiple 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 Will" means the words set to the music of I Will, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chris De Burgh. 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 Will and the lyrics to I Will are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chris De Burgh who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Will, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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