Lyrics to
Where Have All The Flowers Gone

This version of Where Have All The Flowers Gone was released by Wind And Fire Earth in 1972.

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Where have all the
flowers gone
A long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone
A long ago
Where have all the flowers gone
Girl, they’re picked up, every one
When will they ever learn
When will they ever learn

Where have all the soldiers gone
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone
A long ago
Where have all the soldiers gone
They’ve gone to graveyards every one
When will they ever learn
When will they ever learn

When will they learn, ever learn
When will they learn
When will they learn, ever learn
When will they ever learn
When will they ever learn

If you don’t know what we’re talkin’ about
when we say this
There’s too many starvin’ children
If ya don’t know what we’re killing each other
And We just ain’t got time for ya brother
No no hey hey …

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Wind And Fire Earth has released many songs over the years besides Where Have All The Flowers Gone. Wind And Fire Earth released songs from 1971 to 2005 spanning across albums like The Need Of Love, Earth, Wind And Fire, Last Days And Time, Head To The Sky, Open Our Eyes, That's The Way Of The World, Gratitude, Spirit, All 'N All, The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1, I Am, Faces, Raise!, Electric Universe, Powerlight, Touch The World, The Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 2, Heritage, Millennium, In The Name Of Love, The Promise, and Illumination. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Wind And Fire Earth.

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About Lyrics and Where Have All The Flowers Gone by Wind And Fire Earth

The lyrics for Where Have All The Flowers Gone are defined as the words making up the song released by Wind And Fire Earth in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Where Have All The Flowers Gone have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Wind And Fire Earth 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 Where Have All The Flowers Gone by Wind And Fire Earth 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 Where Have All The Flowers Gone" means the words set to the music of Where Have All The Flowers Gone, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Wind And Fire Earth. 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 Where Have All The Flowers Gone and the lyrics to Where Have All The Flowers Gone are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Wind And Fire Earth who came here looking just for the lyrics to Where Have All The Flowers Gone, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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