Lyrics to
The Wind

This version of The Wind was released by Cat Stevens in 1971.

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I listen to the wind
To the wind of my soul
Where I’ll end up well I think,
Only God really knows
I’ve sat upon the setting sun
But never, never never never
I never wanted water once
No, never, never, never

I listen to my words but
They fall far below
I let my music take me where
My heart wants to go
I swam upon the devil’s lake
But never, never never never
I’ll never make the same mistake
No, never, never, never

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About Lyrics and The Wind by Cat Stevens

The lyrics to The Wind are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Cat Stevens in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to The Wind are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Cat Stevens and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for The Wind back when it was created.

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

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