Lyrics to
Starbird

This version of Starbird was released by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1976.

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Starbird, let your cry lead us all through the night
Rising from the ashes, your light’ll show us the way
Starbird, you can fly me, take me everywhere you go
Raring with the windsong, burning in your fiery glow
Screaming through the darkness
Raring with the windsong
Starbird, keep your light shining for all to see

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About Lyrics and Starbird by Manfred Mann's Earth Band

When you decide to study the lyrics to Starbird, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Some of the lyrics to Starbird have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Manfred Mann's Earth Band and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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