Lyrics to
I’m Down

This version of I’M Down was released by The Hollies in 1975.

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Shook my head out of dreams
Reality’s calling
The early bird’s been up all morning
But I’ve got no notion of moving from where I am

Though my legs won’t move
I feel disabled
I’m on a shelf an article labeled
Waiting for someone to fetch me from lost and found

I’m down No one to hear me calling
I’m down No one to see me falling
I’m down

Had my ways
With days of sunshine
Life came easy it all fell in line
But then again I didn’t realise

When you’re used to one thing
It’s hard to accept another
Like the woman who brought you up
Well she ain’t your mother
How do you cope
With a thing like that

I always thought it was my dad who went to war
Thought it was my sister who fell off the wall
My pseudo-brother Billy emigrated long ago
Someone went through pain to have me
Someone I should know

I’m down
I’m down

To the folks who brought me up
I’m not ungrateful
Kept the secret from me
They thought it was shameful
It hurt me so
To be the last one to know

Maybe someone’s out there
Looking for me
Left on their own
Couldn’t afford to clothe me
And I I don’t even know my real name

I’m down
I’m down
I’m down

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About Lyrics and I’M Down by The Hollies

The lyrics for I’M Down are defined as the words making up the song released by The Hollies in 1975. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to I’M Down have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Hollies 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’M Down by The Hollies 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’M Down" means the words set to the music of I’M Down, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Hollies. 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’M Down and the lyrics to I’M Down are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Hollies who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’M Down, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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