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Streets Of Arklow

This version of Streets Of Arklow was released by Van Morrison in 1974.

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And as we walked
Through the streets of Arklow
Oh the color
Of the day wore on
And our heads
Were filled with poetry
And the morning
A-comin’ on to dawn

And as we walked
Through the streets of Arklow
And gay perfusion
In god’s green land
And the gypsy’s rode
With their hearts on fire
They say “We love to wander,”
“Lord we love,”
“Lord we love to roam…”

And as we walked
Through the streets of Arklow
In a drenching beauty
Rolling back ’til the day
And I saw your eyes
They was shining, sparkling crystal clear
And our souls were clean
And the grass did grow
And our souls were clean
And the grass did grow
And our souls were clean
And the grass did grow

And as we walked
Through the streets of Arklow

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Van Morrison has released many songs over the years besides Streets Of Arklow. Van Morrison released songs from 1967 to 2005 spanning across albums like Blowin' Your Mind!, Astral Weeks, Moondance, His Band And The Street Choir, Tupelo Honey, Saint Dominic's Preview, Hard Nose The Highway, It's Too Late To Stop Now, Veedon Fleece, A Period Of Transition, Wavelength, Into The Music, Common One, Beautiful Vision, Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart, A Sense Of Wonder, No Guru, No Method, No Teacher, Poetic Champions Compose, Irish Heartbeat, Avalon Sunset, Enlightenment, Hymns To The Silence, Too Long In Exile, Days Like This, How Long Has This Been Going On, Tell Me Something: The Songs Of Mose Allison, The Healing Game, The Philosopher's Stone, Back On Top, The Skiffle Sessions - Live In Belfast, You Win Again, Down The Road, What's Wrong With This Picture?, and Magic Time. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Van Morrison.

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About Lyrics and Streets Of Arklow by Van Morrison

The lyrics to Streets Of Arklow are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Van Morrison in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Streets Of Arklow are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Van Morrison and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Streets Of Arklow back when it was created.

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

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