Lyrics to
What Should Be Done

This version of What Should Be Done was released by Uriah Heep in 1971.

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So you think you found a way of living
That prevents you losing any sleep
Well my friend take this that I am giving
It’s your piece of mind you oughta keep

You’ll run into trouble, for sure
By living behind a locked door

Will you run the risk of being taunted
By doing what you want to do
Or do you prefer to have your whole life haunted
By the ones who choose to care for you?

Beware of their motives, my friend
Take care you’re still there at the end

Watch out for winter, it’ll bite you with cold
Black spirits trying hard to bribe you with gold

Would you steal a nickel from a blind man?
Well right now I do believe you would
It’s not the thought of you doing it that hurts me
It’s the mind behind it that’s no good

If this is your way I don’t want to know
There’s only so far I can go

I won’t go no further not for you or anyone
I have my own ideas of what should be done
What should be done
What should be done
What should be done

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Uriah Heep has released many songs over the years besides What Should Be Done. Uriah Heep released songs from 1970 to 1998 spanning across albums like Very 'eavy... Very 'umble, Salisbury, Look At Yourself, Demons And Wizards, The Magician's Birthday, Sweet Freedom, Wonderworld, Return To Fantasy, High And Mighty, Firefly, Innocent Victim, Fallen Angel, Conquest, Abominog, Head First, Equator, Raging Silence, Different World, Sea Of Light, and Sonic Origami. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Uriah Heep.

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About Lyrics and What Should Be Done by Uriah Heep

The lyrics to What Should Be Done are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Uriah Heep used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to What Should Be Done have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Uriah Heep and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to What Should Be Done by Uriah Heep. 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 What Should Be Done" means the words set to the music of What Should Be Done, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Uriah Heep. 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 What Should Be Done and the lyrics to What Should Be Done are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Uriah Heep who came here looking just for the lyrics to What Should Be Done, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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