Lyrics to
In A Station

This version of In A Station was released by Olivia Newton-John in 1971.

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Once I walked through the halls of a station
Someone called your name
In the street I heard children laughing
They all sound the same

One day could you ever know me
Know the reason why I live
Is there nothin you can show me
Life seems so little to give

Once I climbed up the face of a mountain
And ate the wild fruit there
Fell asleep until the moonlight woke me
And I could taste your hair

Isn’t everybody dreaming
And the voice I hear is real
Out of all the idle scheming
Can’t we have something to feel

Once upon a time leaves me empty
Tomorrow never came
I could sing the sound of your laughter
Still I don’t know you name

Must be some way to repay you
Out of all the good you gave
If a rumor should delay you
Love seems so little to save

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About Lyrics and In A Station by Olivia Newton-John

When you decide to study the lyrics to In A Station, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by Olivia Newton-John. Some of the lyrics to In A Station have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Olivia Newton-John and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to In A Station if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 In A Station" means the words set to the music of In A Station, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Olivia Newton-John. 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 In A Station and the lyrics to In A Station are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Olivia Newton-John who came here looking just for the lyrics to In A Station, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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