Lyrics to
The Greatest Man In The World

This version of The Greatest Man In The World was released by Bee Gees in 1971.

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Before I heard your voice I never heard a sound like that before
I wanna hear it more and more
Take me to heaven
My love is stronger then the wall
I’ll climb it till I fell so I can hear you call your love
I’d be the greatest man in the world
’cause I can say I got the greatest girl
I’d be the greatest man in the world
’cause I can say I got the greatest girl

Before I saw your face I never say a dream like that before
I wanna see it more and more
Take me to heaven
My love is stronger then the wall
I’ll climb it till I fall so I can hear you call your love
Be the greatest man in the world
’cause I can say I’ve got the greatest girl
Be the greatest man in the world
’cause I can say I got the greatest girl, the greatest girl

Be the greatest man in the world

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When you decide to study the lyrics to The Greatest Man In The World, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by Bee Gees. Some of the lyrics to The Greatest Man In The World have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Bee Gees and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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