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People Of The South Wind

This version of People Of The South Wind was released by Kansas in 1979.

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There are some who can still remember
All the things that we used to do
But the days of our youth were numbered
And the ones who survive it are few
Oh, I can still see the smiling faces
When the times were so good
All in the old familiar places
I’d go back if I could (to the)

People of the south wind, people of the southern wind
It’s the people of the wind, I got to be there again

Well, it’s a hard thing to face the music:
But it’s something everybody has got to do
So I hope that I can always remember
All the crazy times we had to go through
Now it’s a dream that is slowly fading
And I don’t want it to go
All of the memories are evading
And I want you to know (it’s the)

People of the south wind, people of the southern wind
It’s the people of the wind, I got to be there again

Now we’ve traveled all across the oceans
And we’ve seen what there is to see
But I guess it’s not the proper solution
Cause it’s all about the same to me
Now I look back and it makes me wonder
Why we just couldn’t see
All of the battles we fought and won there
And I wish that I could be with the

People of the wind
I want to see ’em again
It’s where we used to be free
And that’s the place for me
It’s just a state of my mind
A thing that’s so hard to find

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About Lyrics and People Of The South Wind by Kansas

The lyrics to People Of The South Wind are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Kansas in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to People Of The South Wind are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Kansas and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for People Of The South Wind back when it was created.

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

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