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Way Over Yonder

This version of Way Over Yonder was released by Carole King in 1971.

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Way over yonder is a place that I know
Where I can see shelter from hunger and cold
And the sweet-tastin’ good life is so easily found
Way over yonder, that’s where I’m bound

I know when I get there, the first thing I’ll see
Is the sun shining golden, shining right down on me
Then trouble’s gonna lose me, worry leave me behind
And I’ll stand up proudly in a true peace of mind

Way over yonder is a place I have seen
It’s a garden of wisdom from some long ago dream

Maybe tomorrow I’ll find my way
To the land where the honey runs in rivers each day
And the sweet-tastin’ good life is so easily found
Way over yonder, that’s where I’m bound
Way over yonder, that’s where I’m bound

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Carole King has released many songs over the years besides Way Over Yonder. Carole King released songs from 1968 to 2005 spanning across albums like Now That Everything's Been Said, Writer, Tapestry, Music, Rhymes & Reasons, Fantasy, Wrap Around Joy, Really Rosie, Thoroughbred, Simple Things, Welcome Home, Touch The Sky, Pearls: Songs Of Goffin And King, One To One, Speeding Time, City Streets, Colour Of Your Dreams, Love Makes The World, and The Living Room Tour. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Carole King.

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About Lyrics and Way Over Yonder by Carole King

The lyrics to Way Over Yonder are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Carole King in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to Way Over Yonder are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Carole King and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Way Over Yonder back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Way Over Yonder by Carole King in a number of 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 Way Over Yonder" means the words set to the music of Way Over Yonder, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carole King. 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 Way Over Yonder and the lyrics to Way Over Yonder are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carole King who came here looking just for the lyrics to Way Over Yonder, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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