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Ships w/Sails

This version of Ships W/Sails was released by The Doors in 1971.

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Well you asked how much I love you
Why do ships with sails love the wind?
And will I be thinking of you
Will I ever pass this way again
I’ll be returning some day
Until then, please don’t ask me my direction
Let my tracks be buried in the sea
‘Cause to wander is my infection
‘Till the four winds bring you back to me
Don’t count your memories
Think of me as just a dream
Just like this melody, I sing

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

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