Lyrics to
Tortoise And The Hare

This version of Tortoise And The Hare was released by Moody Blues in 1970.

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You know he’s moving fast,
Be he’s still going slow,
He’s ahead in the race,
And there is not far to go,
And your load is so heavy
And your legs want to rest.
It’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right.

You think he’s way up in front
But he’s so far behind.
He’s asleep in the grass,
And he’s run out of time.
While your load was so heavy
You never wanted to stop.
It’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right.

Your friend is heavy
But he was ready
And never stopped for a while
And while you were sleeping
He went on keeping the final line in his mind.
It’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right.

It’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right.
Your friend is heavy
But he was ready
And never stopped for a while
And while you were sleeping
He went on keeping the final line in his mind.
It’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right.
It’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right.
It’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right.
It’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right.
It’s all right, it’s all right, it’s all right.

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About Lyrics and Tortoise And The Hare by Moody Blues

When you decide to study the lyrics to Tortoise And The Hare, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1970 song by Moody Blues. Some of the lyrics to Tortoise And The Hare have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Moody Blues and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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