Lyrics to
Molly

This version of Molly was released by John Denver in 1970.

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When I was a young man
I ran away trom home
I went to join the circus
Went to see the cotton candy whirl
And make me lots ot money on my own
For molly, oh my pretty molly
But she’s waiting all alone
Someday soon I will return to her

Then I made the big time
Bright 11ghts show biz
I’m really in the circus
There’s only one thing wrong

I haven’t saved a peony on my own
For molly, oh my pretty molly
But she’s writing everyday
Molly understands so it’s okay

Ride a windy box car
See a thousand children young and old
Oh that grease paint smile
Can hide your soul
Here comes a carrousel
Guess which town it is
Feel the thnil
Grease paint covers everything
But winters chill

I’m reading molly’s letter
The ink is fading
And the page is fuming yellow
Long ago I promised molly
Don’t you know i
I will close my eyes and go to her

Words and music by rose

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About Lyrics and Molly by John Denver

When you decide to study the lyrics to Molly, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1970 song by John Denver. Some of the lyrics to Molly have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only John Denver and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Molly if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Molly" means the words set to the music of Molly, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Denver. 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 Molly and the lyrics to Molly are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Denver who came here looking just for the lyrics to Molly, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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