Lyrics to
Pieces Of April

This version of Pieces Of April was released by Three Dog Night in 1972.

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April gave us springtime and the promise of the flowers
And the feeling that we both shared and the love that we called ours
We knew no time for sadness, that’s a road we each had crossed
We were living a time meant for us, and even when it would rain
we would laugh it off.

I’ve got pieces of April, I keep them in a memory bouquet
I’ve got pieces of April, it’s a morning in May

We stood on the crest of summer, beneath an oak that blossomed green
Feeling as I did in April, not really knowing what it means
But it must be then that you stand beside me now to make me feel this way
Just as I did in April, but it’s a morning in May.

I’ve got pieces of April, I keep them in a memory bouquet
I’ve got pieces of April, but it’s a morning in May

I’ve got pieces of April, I keep them in a memory bouquet
I’ve got pieces of April, but it’s a morning in May

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Three Dog Night has released many songs over the years besides Pieces Of April. Three Dog Night released songs from 1968 to 1976 spanning across albums like Three Dog Night, Suitable For Framing, It Ain't Easy, Naturally, Harmony, Seven Separate Fools, Cyan, Hard Labor, Coming Down Your Way, and American Pastime. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Three Dog Night.

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About Lyrics and Pieces Of April by Three Dog Night

When you decide to study the lyrics to Pieces Of April, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by Three Dog Night. Some of the lyrics to Pieces Of April have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Three Dog Night and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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