Lyrics to
Lakeside Park

This version of Lakeside Park was released by Rush in 1975.

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Midway hawkers calling
‘Try your luck with me’
Merry-go-round wheezing
The same old melody
A thousand ten cent wonders
Who could ask for more
A pocketful of silver
The key to heaven’s door

Lakeside Park
Willows in the breeze
Lakeside Park
So many memories
Laughing rides
Midway lights
Shining stars on summer nights

Days of barefoot freedom
Racing with the waves
Nights of starlit secrets
Crackling driftwood flames
Drinking by the lighthouse
Smoking on the pier
Still we saw the magic
Was fading every year

Everyone would gather
On the twenty-fourth of May
Sitting in the sand
To watch the fireworks display
Dancing fires on the beach
Singing songs together…
Though it’s just a memory
Some memories last forever

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About Lyrics and Lakeside Park by Rush

The lyrics to Lakeside Park are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Rush used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to Lakeside Park have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Rush 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 Lakeside Park by Rush. 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 Lakeside Park" means the words set to the music of Lakeside Park, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rush. 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 Lakeside Park and the lyrics to Lakeside Park are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rush who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lakeside Park, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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