Lyrics to
The Mystery Of The Mystery

This version of The Mystery Of The Mystery was released by Dolly Parton in 1971.

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There are so many things that I don’t understand
And I search my mind to try to find an answer
But the more I search the less I seem to find out why
Like where where the wind goes, how does life begin
What happens when we die
The mystery of the mystery must stay unknown
Only God can know and man must not see
Great minds have tried but they will not find
The answer to the mystery of the mystery

Man will seek the mystic rails of the mystery
But their silent halls reveal not a sound
Many men will give their lives just to try to find
The answer to a mystery in their mind

The mystery of the mystery must stay unknown
Only God can know and man must not see
Great minds have tried but they will not find
The answer to the mystery of the mystery

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About Lyrics and The Mystery Of The Mystery by Dolly Parton

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

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

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