Lyrics to
Rainbow Ride

This version of Rainbow Ride was released by The Charlie Daniels Band in 1979.

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I traced my footprints through the sands of yesterday
Back the way I came, I was returning
And then I saw me standing just across the river
Just across the bridge that I’d left burning

It was all reaching out to me
Now my reflection in the water’s all I see

(Then it flew away)
Back to the laughing green of summer days
(Flew away)
Back to the chilly, golden autumn haze
(Flew away)
To a place called yesterday
(Yesterday)

Come on in and sit down
It’s good to be in your town
We’re gonna take you for a rainbow ride
There’s no excuse not to relax and get loose
And let us take you for a rainbow ride

It’s been a long, hard day
But now it’s time to play
‘Cause we’ve got it all planned
We’re gonna strike up the band
We’re gonna take you for a rainbow ride

When the sunlight finally blossoms way up high
Purple shadows fall across the countryside
We could get together for a rainbow ride
Close your eyes and let it happen
Bright and breezy, nice and easy

Hold on while the music takes you way up high
We can race the moon across the evening sky
See the night time rainbow colors flying by
Close your eyes and let it happen
Rising, falling, gently calling you

Let the evening fly away
While you’re dreamin’
Come on, take that rainbow ride with me

Let the evening fly away
While you’re dreamin’

Come on, take that rainbow ride with me
Come on, take that rainbow ride with me
Come on, take that rainbow ride with me

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About Lyrics and Rainbow Ride by The Charlie Daniels Band

The lyrics to Rainbow Ride are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Charlie Daniels Band used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Rainbow Ride have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Charlie Daniels Band 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 Rainbow Ride by The Charlie Daniels Band. 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 Rainbow Ride" means the words set to the music of Rainbow Ride, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Charlie Daniels Band. 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 Rainbow Ride and the lyrics to Rainbow Ride are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Charlie Daniels Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Rainbow Ride, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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