Lyrics to
Wintertime

This version of Wintertime was released by Bill Withers in 1977.

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In the wintertime the grass is brown and the sky is gray, the sky is gray
Ah, hah, but that don’t mean little brother that you have to feel the same way

Look the sky is cryin’ see the tear rollin’ down on the ground, down on the ground
Ah, hah but that don’t mean little brother that your life can’t turn around

Cover up your body but the cold steady rubbin’ on your skin, rubbin’ on your skin
Ah, hah, you stay alive little brother from the warm fire within

This little brother is what the seasons are tryin’ to say
The snow will surely be melted when the sun punches in for the day

See the cold steady rubbin’, rubbin’ on your skin rubbin’ ’round your skin
Ah hah you’re stayin’ alive, little brother from the warm fire within

This little brother is what the seasons are tryin’ to say
The snow will surely be melted when the sun punches in for the day

See the cold steady rubbin’, rubbin’ on your skin rubbin’ ’round your skin
Ah hah you’re stayin’ alive, little brother from the warm fire within

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About Lyrics and Wintertime by Bill Withers

When you decide to study the lyrics to Wintertime, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Bill Withers. Some of the lyrics to Wintertime have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Bill Withers and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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