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Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox)

This version of Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox) was released by John Lennon in 1974.

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Sweet as the smell of success
Her body’s warm and wet
She get’s me through this god awful lonliness
A natural high butterfly Oh I,
I need, need, need her

Just like a willow tree
A breath of spring you see
And oh boy you don’t know what she do to me
She makes me sweat and forget who I am
I need, need, need, need her

Well I was wondering how long this could go on, on and on
Well I thought I could never be surprised
But could it be that I bit my own tongue
Oh yeah, it’s so hard to swallow when you’re wrong

A bird of paradise
The sunrise in her eyes
God only knows such a sweet surprise
I was blind she blew my mind think that I
I love, love, love, love, love her
I love her, I love her, I love her, I love her

Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love
Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love
Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love
Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love
Sweet sweet, sweet sweet love

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The lyrics for Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox) are defined as the words making up the song released by John Lennon in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox) have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only John Lennon and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox) by John Lennon if you think through it. 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 Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox)" means the words set to the music of Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Lennon. 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 Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox) and the lyrics to Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Lennon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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