Lyrics to
White Dove

This version of White Dove was released by Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1978.

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White Dove sittin’ on a blackberry bush
Is there any questioning why
Tell me what heaven you’re bound for today
Feel just like I could cry
Feel just like I could cry

Little squirrel sitting on a __ rock
Wodering where the winter meal is coming from
Tired of fighting for it, gonna lay down my gun
Just know that my work is done
Just know that my work is done

Little boy blue now come blow your horn
No more of the sheep is around
Said I’m tired of fighting, gonna lay down my gun
Just know that my work is done
Just know that my work is done
Just know that my work is done
Just know that my work is done

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About Lyrics and White Dove by Lynyrd Skynyrd

When you decide to study the lyrics to White Dove, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Some of the lyrics to White Dove have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Lynyrd Skynyrd and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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