Lyrics to
Poem For The People

This version of Poem For The People was released by Chicago in 1970.

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If the people only knew
If they could visualize
Just open their eyes
Even stop to think about
If they could open their minds
They could get beyond
The world’s a funny place you know
Most of what goes on
Is rarely funny
Rarely funny
Could the people understand
In only whisper and screams
And colorless dreams
Could they finally comprehend
If they could suddenly see
And suddenly feel
The world’s a funny place you know
Most of what goes on
Is rarely funny
Rarely funny

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Chicago has released many songs over the years besides Poem For The People. Chicago released songs from 1969 to 2006 spanning across albums like The Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago (Chicago II), Chicago III, Chicago V, Chicago VI, Chicago VII, Chicago VIII, Chicago X, Chicago XI, Hot Streets, Chicago 13, Chicago XIV, Chicago 16, Chicago 17, Chicago 18, Chicago 19, Twenty 1, Night & Day: Big Band, Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album, and Chicago XXX. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Chicago.

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About Lyrics and Poem For The People by Chicago

The lyrics to Poem For The People are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Chicago in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to Poem For The People are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Chicago and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Poem For The People back when it was created.

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

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