Lyrics to
Trade Winds

This version of Trade Winds was released by Rod Stewart in 1976.

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Here I stand looking, looking around me
While all around me what do I see
Unhappy faces behind a painted smile
Heartache and loneliness dressed up in modern style
Unhappy people living in sin and shame
Reflections of myself, life is no easy game
We’re caught in the trade winds
The trade winds of our time

Here I stand looking, looking around me
While all around me what do I see
Young girls who’ll soon become
Streetwalkers in the night
Young boys, the restless breed
looking for a fight
Children both rich and poor
They’re searching for the truth
If they don’t find it
God help tomorrow’s youth
We’re caught in the trade winds
The trade winds of our time

Trade winds are blowing, blowing around me
While all around me what do I see
Hatred and jealousy
Brotherhood is dying
Love is the answer
But nobody’s buying
Good people turning bad
Some don’t but they are few
The winds are blowing
The choice is all up to you
We’re caught in the trade winds
The trade winds of our time

Yes we’re caught up in the trade winds
The trade winds of our time
We are riding on the trade winds
The trade winds of our time

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About Lyrics and Trade Winds by Rod Stewart

The lyrics for Trade Winds are defined as the words making up the song released by Rod Stewart in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Trade Winds have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Rod Stewart and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Trade Winds by Rod Stewart if you think through it. 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 Trade Winds" means the words set to the music of Trade Winds, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rod Stewart. 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 Trade Winds and the lyrics to Trade Winds are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rod Stewart who came here looking just for the lyrics to Trade Winds, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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