Lyrics to
Morning Sun

This version of Morning Sun was released by Carole King in 1978.

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Sometimes I feel like I’ve been living much too long
And I’ve wasted too much time
I think I’ve lost the inner harmony that flows through me
And my body and mind

Like the shoreline that divides the sea and sand
I’m a surface ever-changing
I get burdened by the things I just don’t understand
And all the mountains left to climb

But then the morning sun comes shining through my window
And it’s good to be alive
It’s gonna be a golden day
Wings unfoldin’ day
Green trees, blue sky

If I can only learn the lesson of the seasons
Of a balance re-arranging
Though they may not always come just when I want them to
Still they come and keep me high

And the morning sun comes shining through my window
And it’s good to be alive
It’s gonna be a golden day
Wings unfoldin’ day
Green trees, blue sky

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About Lyrics and Morning Sun by Carole King

When you decide to study the lyrics to Morning Sun, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Carole King. Some of the lyrics to Morning Sun have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Carole King and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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