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Lady Day And John Coltrane

This version of Lady Day And John Coltrane was released by Gil Scott-Heron in 1971.

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Ever feel kinda down and out, you don’t know just what to do–
Livin’ all of your days in darkness let the sun shine through–
Ever feel that somehow, somewhere, you’ve lost your way–
And if you don’t get help quick you won’t make it through the day–
Could you call on Lady Day,
Could you call on John Coltrane
Now ’cause they’ll
They’ll wash your troubles
Your troubles your troubles
Your troubles away!

Plastic people with plastic minds are on their way to plastic homes–
No beginning there ain’t no ending just on and on and on and on and on, it’s
All because they’re so afraid to say that they’re alone–
Until our hero rides in, rides in on his saxophone.
Could you call on Lady Day,
Could you call on John Coltrane
Now ’cause they’ll,
They’ll wash your troubles,
Your troubles, your troubles
Your troubles away!

Ever feel kinda down and out, you don’t know just what to do–
Livin’ all of your days in darkness let the sun shine through–
Ever feel that somehow, somewhere, you’ve lost your way–
And if you don’t get help quick you won’t make it through the day–
Could you call on Lady Day,
Could you call on John Coltrane
Now ’cause they’ll,
They’ll wash your troubles,
Your troubles, your troubles
Your troubles away!

Your troubles, your troubles
Your troubles away…

Your troubles, your troubles
Your troubles…

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Lady Day And John Coltrane, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by Gil Scott-Heron. Some of the lyrics to Lady Day And John Coltrane have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Gil Scott-Heron and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Lady Day And John Coltrane 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 Lady Day And John Coltrane" means the words set to the music of Lady Day And John Coltrane, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Gil Scott-Heron. 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 Lady Day And John Coltrane and the lyrics to Lady Day And John Coltrane are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Gil Scott-Heron who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lady Day And John Coltrane, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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