Lyrics to
Our Guessing Game

This version of Our Guessing Game was released by Moody Blues in 1971.

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Walking in the sand
Thinking of things, adventures in my mind
Tall ships that sail
Across the ocean wide
They won’t wait for me
See the way they glide away so gracefully
And with tomorrow what will become of me
They leave me so much to explain
That’s the start of our guessing game

There are times when I think I’ve found the truth
There are times when I know that I’m wrong
And the days when I try to hide my fears
Bless the days when I’m feeling strong
Bless the days when I’m feeling strong

Wonder why we try so hard
Wonder why we try at all
You wonder why the world is turning around
When in the end it won’t matter at all

Standing in the town
Looking at people, counting their frowns
Unhappy faces, hurrying around
So blind they cannot see
All of these things
The way life ought to be
And with tomorrow what will they make of me
It leaves me so much to explain
That’s the start of our guessing game

There are times when I think I’ve found the truth
There are times when I know that I’m wrong
And the days when I try to hide my fears
Bless the days when I’m feeling strong
There are times when I think I’ve found the truth
There are times when I know that I’m wrong
And the days when I try to hide my fears
Bless the days when I’m feeling strong
There are times when I think I’ve found the truth

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About Lyrics and Our Guessing Game by Moody Blues

The lyrics to Our Guessing Game are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Moody Blues in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to Our Guessing Game are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Moody Blues and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Our Guessing Game back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Our Guessing Game by Moody Blues in a number of ways. 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 Our Guessing Game" means the words set to the music of Our Guessing Game, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Moody Blues. 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 Our Guessing Game and the lyrics to Our Guessing Game are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Moody Blues who came here looking just for the lyrics to Our Guessing Game, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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