Lyrics to
Long Distance Runaround

This version of Long Distance Runaround was released by Yes in 1971.

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Long distance run around
long time waiting to feel the sound
I still remember the dream there
I still remember the time you said goodbye
did we really tell lies
letting in the sunshine
did we really count to one hundred

Cold summer listening
hot colour melting the anger to stone
I still remember the time you said goodbye
did we really tell lies
did we really count to one hundred

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Yes has released many songs over the years besides Long Distance Runaround. 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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About Lyrics and Long Distance Runaround by Yes

The lyrics to Long Distance Runaround are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Yes used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to Long Distance Runaround have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Yes 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 Long Distance Runaround by Yes. 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 Distance Runaround" means the words set to the music of Long Distance Runaround, 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 Long Distance Runaround and the lyrics to Long Distance Runaround 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 Long Distance Runaround, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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