Lyrics to
In The Country

This version of In The Country was released by Chicago in 1970.

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Oh my reasons
And my ways
Keep on changing
From day to day
As I grow
It becomes so clear
Why I’m here
It’s all here
for you and me
The beauty of life
Someday you’ll see
Then you’ll join in
And sing along
And you’ll understand why I sing this song
Let me tell you now
I do love you
I do love you
I do love you
Well I’m talkin’ bout life
And livin’
And the beautiful earth
And givin’
Talkin ’bout the natural things we’ve had since birth
That’s lovin’
Well I’m talkin’ ’bout a walk in the country
‘Bout an angel’s sweet charm
The smell of her perfume
And they both comin’ on
Let me tell you now
I do love you
I do love you
I do love you
Well it’s a beautiful day
And I’m on my way
Oooh, thank you lord, for the country
Well my thoughts
Are like ripples in a stream
I see myself so free
My eyes and spirit say hello
My soul goes dancing by, oh hello
The clean fresh air
Goes jumping through my head
The sun is smilin’ down
If you have ever lived out here
Then you know why I say
I do love you
I do love you
I do love you
So come on let’s move
Out to the country
Yeah, let’s go live out there
Let’s get funky
Come on people
Come on people
Yeah, let’s be free
We got to be free
In the country
You and me
Come on people
Come on people
Better have a good time (background: oh baby, good)
We’ll have a good time (background: let’s give ’em life (?)
We got to be free (background: come on now)

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Chicago has released many songs over the years besides In The Country. Chicago released songs from 1969 to 2006 spanning across albums like The Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago (Chicago II), Chicago III, Chicago V, Chicago VI, Chicago VII, Chicago VIII, Chicago X, Chicago XI, Hot Streets, Chicago 13, Chicago XIV, Chicago 16, Chicago 17, Chicago 18, Chicago 19, Twenty 1, Night & Day: Big Band, Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album, and Chicago XXX. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Chicago.

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About Lyrics and In The Country by Chicago

The lyrics to In The Country are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Chicago used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to In The Country have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Chicago and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to In The Country by Chicago. 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 The Country" means the words set to the music of In The Country, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chicago. 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 The Country and the lyrics to In The Country are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chicago who came here looking just for the lyrics to In The Country, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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