Lyrics to
Many A Mile To Freedom

This version of Many A Mile To Freedom was released by Traffic in 1971.

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Many a mile to freedom, many a smile to tell
Ask my bluebird to sing you, from the heart of a wishing well
Call all my reindeer to graze here, call all my grain to grow
Then together we flow like the river
Then together we melt like the snow

Many a thought unanswered, many a tale to tell
Ask my bluebird to sing you, from the heart of a wishing well
If you should ask me to give you the reason for life that we know
Then together we flow like the river

And together we melt like the snow

Many a mile to freedom, many a smile to tell
Ask my bluebird to sing you, from the heart of a wishing well
If you should ask me to give you the reason for life that we know
Then together we flow like the river
Then together we melt like the snow

A few more miles to go
Miles to freedom

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About Lyrics and Many A Mile To Freedom by Traffic

The lyrics for Many A Mile To Freedom are defined as the words making up the song released by Traffic in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Many A Mile To Freedom have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Traffic 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 Many A Mile To Freedom by Traffic 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 Many A Mile To Freedom" means the words set to the music of Many A Mile To Freedom, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Traffic. 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 Many A Mile To Freedom and the lyrics to Many A Mile To Freedom are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Traffic who came here looking just for the lyrics to Many A Mile To Freedom, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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