Lyrics to I've Seen All Good People

This version of I’Ve Seen All Good People was released by Yes in 1971.

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I’ve seen all good people turn their heads each day so satisfied I’m on my way
I’ve seen all good people turn their heads each day so satisfied I’m on my way

Take a straight and stronger course to the corner of your life
Make the white queen run so fast she hasn’t got time to make you a wife

‘Cause it’s time is time in time with your time and
its news is captured…for the queen to use!
Move me on to any black square
Use me anytime you want
Just remember that the goal
Is for us all to capture all we want
(Move me on to any black square)

Don’t surround yourself with yourself
Move on back two squares
Send an instant karma to me
Initial it with loving care
(Don’t surround yourself)

‘Cause it’s time is time in time with your time and
its news is captured…for the queen to use!

Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda
Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda
(Don’t surround yourself with yourself)

Don’t surround yourself with yourself
(Don’t surround yourself)
Move on back two squares
Send an instant karma to me
(Send an instant karma to me)
Initial it with loving care
(Don’t surround yourself)

‘Cause it’s time is time in time with your time and
its news is captured…for the queen to use!

Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda (All we are saying)
Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda (Is give peace a chance)
Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda (All we are saying)
Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda (Is give peace a chance

‘Cause it’s time is time in time with your time and
its news is captured…

I’ve seen all good people turn their heads each day
So satisfied I’m on my way

I’ve seen all good people turn their heads each day
So satisfied I’m on my way…

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Yes has released many songs over the years besides I’Ve Seen All Good People. Yes released songs from 1969 to 2001 spanning across albums like Yes, Time And A Word, The Yes Album, Fragile, Close To The Edge, Tales From Topographic Oceans, Relayer, Going For The One, Tormato, Drama, 90125, Big Generator, Union, Talk, Keys To Ascension, Keys To Ascension 2, Open Your Eyes, The Ladder, and Magnification. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Yes.

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When you decide to study the lyrics to I’Ve Seen All Good People, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by Yes. Some of the lyrics to I’Ve Seen All Good People have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Yes and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to I’Ve Seen All Good People 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 I’Ve Seen All Good People" means the words set to the music of I’Ve Seen All Good People, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Yes. 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’Ve Seen All Good People and the lyrics to I’Ve Seen All Good People are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Yes who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’Ve Seen All Good People, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.