Lyrics to
I’m Gonna Have You All

This version of I’M Gonna Have You All was released by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1972.

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The tall and the narrow
The foolish or the shallow
The ….. or the (sane/Saint)
The young men …..

I’m gonna have you all
Gonna tell you what to do
I’m gonna stand you in a line
Gonna step on you

The green or the knowing
The wise or the growing
The (maker/making?) and the preacher
The black man and the teacher

I’m gonna have you all
Gonna tell you what to do
I’m gonna stand you in a line
Gonna step on you

The green or the knowing
The wise or the growing
The (maker/making?) and the preacher
The black man and the teacher

I’m gonna have you all
Gonna tell you what to do
I’m gonna stand you in a line
Gonna step on you

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Manfred Mann's Earth Band has released many songs over the years besides I’M Gonna Have You All. Manfred Mann's Earth Band released songs from 1972 to 2004 spanning across albums like Glorified Magnified, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Messin', Solar Fire, The Good Earth, Nightingales & Bombers, The Roaring Silence, Watch, Angel Station, Chance, Somewhere In Afrika, Criminal Tango, Masque, Soft Vengeance, and 2006. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

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About Lyrics and I’M Gonna Have You All by Manfred Mann's Earth Band

The lyrics to I’M Gonna Have You All are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1972. Elements of the lyrics to I’M Gonna Have You All are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Manfred Mann's Earth Band and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for I’M Gonna Have You All 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’M Gonna Have You All by Manfred Mann's Earth Band 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’M Gonna Have You All" means the words set to the music of I’M Gonna Have You All, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. 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 Gonna Have You All and the lyrics to I’M Gonna Have You All are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Manfred Mann's Earth Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’M Gonna Have You All, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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