Lyrics to
Too Many Clues In This Room

This version of Too Many Clues In This Room was released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1976.

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The space shuttle ends where the subway begins
There’s a tear on the face of the moon
From dusk until dawn they have searched all day long
But there’s too many clues in this room
At best it is said we’ve been locked deep inside
Of an old sea man’s chest full of charts
Where maps are contained and what’s left of his brains
When his crew threw his balls to the sharks

All around the looking glass
Dancing to a tune
Sweeping out the house with a fine tooth comb
Which history’s shown
Leads to ruin

In a word it is said that at times we must fall
But the worst of it all was the lies
We died for the cause just like regular outlaws
In the dust of an old lawman’s eyes
In times best forgot there was peace there was not
In her pains mother earth came to bloom
Her children were born in the eye of the storm
And there’s too many clues in this room

The power that is stored in this no man’s land of chance
Is the someone who knows what they’re doin’
The old soldiers say in their own crusty way
We’ve got too many troops in this room

All around the looking glass
Dancing to a tune
Sweeping out the house with a fine tooth comb
Which history’s shown
Leads to ruin

The space shuttle ends where the subway begins
Praise the lord there’s a train leavin’ soon
From dusk until dawn they have searched all day long
But there’s too many clues in this room

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About Lyrics and Too Many Clues In This Room by Gordon Lightfoot

The lyrics to Too Many Clues In This Room are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Gordon Lightfoot used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Too Many Clues In This Room have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Gordon Lightfoot and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Too Many Clues In This Room by Gordon Lightfoot. 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 Too Many Clues In This Room" means the words set to the music of Too Many Clues In This Room, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Gordon Lightfoot. 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 Too Many Clues In This Room and the lyrics to Too Many Clues In This Room are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Gordon Lightfoot who came here looking just for the lyrics to Too Many Clues In This Room, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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