Lyrics to
Tradewinds

This version of Tradewinds was released by John Denver in 1977.

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Riding on a tradewind, filling my sails with a soft and southerly breeze,
living on the ocean of blue.
Dreaming of the islands, wrapping myself in a glow of the tropical moon,
I never shiver when the sun goes down.
All the earth she sings to me, every shallow, every tree, surely my love’s shining like the sea.

I can make you happy. If I can I’ll take you away on a wave in my arms.
Never leave you on the edge all alone.
If you feel like dancing, rolling like the water across my sleepless night,
making me a peaceful place.
All my life to be with you, all I ever want to do, knowing you are felling that way too.

Distant thunder, heavy seas, Rocky Mountain memories, Surely I was lost till I found these.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.

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About Lyrics and Tradewinds by John Denver

The lyrics for Tradewinds are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by John Denver. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Tradewinds have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Tradewinds - John Denver and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Tradewinds by John Denver in multiple 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 Tradewinds" means the words set to the music of Tradewinds, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Denver. 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 Tradewinds and the lyrics to Tradewinds are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Denver who came here looking just for the lyrics to Tradewinds, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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