Lyrics to
Prelude (Little One)

This version of Prelude (Little One) was released by Chicago in 1977.

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Lying here as the morning light shines in
Can’t believe the reflections from within
To look at your face takes me to a place
That reminds me of the lovely lady I once loved.

Chicago has released many songs over the years besides Prelude (Little One). 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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The lyrics to Prelude (Little One) are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Chicago used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Prelude (Little One) have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Chicago and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Prelude (Little One) by Chicago. 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 Prelude (Little One)" means the words set to the music of Prelude (Little One), 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 Prelude (Little One) and the lyrics to Prelude (Little One) 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 Prelude (Little One), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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