Lyrics to
Long Dark Road

This version of Long Dark Road was released by The Hollies in 1971.

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It’s over, well over
In my mind and in my heart
It’s over, well over
But then again it didn’t have a good start

You’d tell me, try to sell me
It could have been all I asked
It’s over, well over
It’s there and flows away
A distant past

Now it’s a long dark road
Yes, a long dark road
And you know I loved you
Yes, you know I loved you

It’s over, well over
And we can’t revive what’s past
It’s gone now, moved on now
But then again it didn’t have a chance to last
No, no, no, a chance to last

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About Lyrics and Long Dark Road by The Hollies

The lyrics for Long Dark Road are defined as the words making up the song released by The Hollies in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Long Dark Road have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Hollies and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Long Dark Road by The Hollies if you think through it. 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 Long Dark Road" means the words set to the music of Long Dark Road, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Hollies. 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 Long Dark Road and the lyrics to Long Dark Road are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Hollies who came here looking just for the lyrics to Long Dark Road, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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