Lyrics to
In Hopes Of A Garden

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In hopes of a garden
The scent of a smile
A long summer’s day love
Quickly dissolves away

In hopes of a garden
The scent of a smile
A long summer’s day love
We’ll use our hopes as a place
We’ll use our hopes as a place

Come with me
Come with me
Come with me

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Steppenwolf has released many songs over the years besides In Hopes Of A Garden. Steppenwolf released songs from 1968 to 1990 spanning across albums like The Second, Steppenwolf, Monster, At Your Birthday Party, 7, For Ladies Only, Slow Flux, Hour Of The Wolf, Skullduggery, Wolftracks, Paradox, Rock & Roll Rebels, and Rise & Shine. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Steppenwolf.

About Lyrics and In Hopes Of A Garden by Steppenwolf

The lyrics to In Hopes Of A Garden are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Steppenwolf in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to In Hopes Of A Garden are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Steppenwolf and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for In Hopes Of A Garden back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to In Hopes Of A Garden by Steppenwolf 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 In Hopes Of A Garden" means the words set to the music of In Hopes Of A Garden, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Steppenwolf. 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 Hopes Of A Garden and the lyrics to In Hopes Of A Garden are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Steppenwolf who came here looking just for the lyrics to In Hopes Of A Garden, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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