Lyrics to
Songs Of…

This version of Songs Of… was released by John Denver in 1979.

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Songs of the future, songs of the past, songs of the first day, songs of the last,
songs of tomorrow, songs of the play, songs of the struggle, songs of the way.

Songs of the future, songs of the past, songs of the first day, songs of the last,
songs of tomorrow, songs of the play, songs of the struggle, songs of the way.

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John Denver has released many songs over the years besides Songs Of…. John Denver released songs from 1969 to 1998 spanning across albums like Rhymes And Reasons, Take Me To Tomorrow, Whose Garden Was This?, Poems, Prayers And Promises, Aerie, Rocky Mountain High, Farewell Andromeda, Back Home Again, Rocky Mountain Christmas, An Evening With John Denver, Windsong, Spirit, I Want To Live, A Christmas Together, John Denver, Autograph, Some Days Are Diamonds, Seasons Of The Heart, Rocky Mountain Holiday, It's About Time, Dreamland Express, One World, Higher Ground, The Flower That Shattered The Stone, Christmas, Like A Lullaby, Different Directions, All Aboard!, and Forever, John. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by John Denver.

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About Lyrics and Songs Of… by John Denver

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

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