Lyrics to
Promised Land

This version of Promised Land was released by The Hollies in 1971.

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Where where is the promised land
Where where is the promised land
It can’t be found in Viet Nam
It can’t be where the eagle has landed
If we want peace for every man
We’ve gotta make the world demand it

Now I see the flag is flying
We’ve got to help them stop the dying
We must bring back the soldier boys
We mustn’t let them die for nothing
War’s a better game when played with toys
Let’s change the game and let’s start loving

Soldiers never fight alone
There’s just as much fighting going on at home
Protests, violence, marches
It’s all going on at home
Bring them all back home

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About Lyrics and Promised Land by The Hollies

The lyrics to Promised Land are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Hollies in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to Promised Land are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Hollies and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Promised Land back when it was created.

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

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