Lyrics to
Peace In The Valley

This version of Peace In The Valley was released by Carole King in 1972.

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Looking out my window
Peace in the valley just don’t come
Though I know that man’s my brother
And that I’m the selfish one

The hour is getting later
It’s time we had begun
Knowing something’s one thing
But the race must still be run

Take care of little jealousies
And talk that kills for fun
And hold your heart in readiness
It’s so easy to come undone

But I think I saw a brand new light
Coming over the horizon
Brighter than all the others
And it says all men are brothers under the skin
Brothers under the skin

Looking out my window
Peace in the valley just don’t come
Though I know that she’s my sister
And that I’m the selfish one

And I look at all the people
And I love the ones I can
And I wonder if the dream will be
Or be turned into sand

Still I think I saw a brand new light
Coming over the horizon
Brighter than all the others
And it says all men are brothers under the skin
Brothers under the skin

Peace in the valley just don’t come

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About Lyrics and Peace In The Valley by Carole King

The lyrics for Peace In The Valley are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by Carole King. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Peace In The Valley have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Peace In The Valley - Carole King and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Peace In The Valley by Carole King in multiple 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 Peace In The Valley" means the words set to the music of Peace In The Valley, 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 Peace In The Valley and the lyrics to Peace In The Valley 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 Peace In The Valley, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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