Lyrics to
Turning Tide

This version of Turning Tide was released by Bee Gees in 1970.

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What would I say if you should turn away from me
I do not know if there are words that I can see
I only know that I am reaching too high
And who are we to touch the wind
and say our ship is coming in
The turning tide

Tell me the answer in your changing mind, changing mind
I don’t know if love can last

When time is gone and we are on the roundabout
Would you still laugh and be a clown when love runs out
Or will you say that I am reaching too high
And who are we to touch the wind
and say our ship is coming in
The turning tide

And who are we to touch the the wind
and say our ship is coming in
The turning tide

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About Lyrics and Turning Tide by Bee Gees

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

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

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