Lyrics to
Lion In Winter

This version of Lion In Winter was released by Bee Gees in 1971.

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You wanna make me big man, a star on a screen.
Some kind of James Brown or something in between.
But when I ask for money you smother me in charms.
I can’t live on glory when your bendin’ both my arms.

I, I was a lion in winter.
And man I had friends for miles around.
I was a lion in my winter.
What good’s a lion Lord, without a crown.

You’re living in a cave man, upon your marble throne.
You think you own the heavens, but you’ve got to be alone.
You know I prayed for sunshine, a woman with my name.
I don’t want to live man, you gave away the game.

I, I was a lion in winter.
And man I had friends for miles around.
I was a lion in my winter.
What good’s a lion Lord, without a crown.

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About Lyrics and Lion In Winter by Bee Gees

The lyrics for Lion In Winter are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1971 song by Bee Gees. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Lion In Winter have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Lion In Winter - Bee Gees and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Lion In Winter by Bee Gees in multiple 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 Lion In Winter" means the words set to the music of Lion In Winter, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bee Gees. 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 Lion In Winter and the lyrics to Lion In Winter are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bee Gees who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lion In Winter, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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