Lyrics to
You Can Never Go Home

This version of You Can Never Go Home was released by Moody Blues in 1971.

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I don’t know what I’m searching for
I never have opened the door,
Tomorrow might find me at last,
Turning my back on the past,
But, time will tell, of stars that fell,
A million years ago.
Memories can never take you back, home, sweet home.
You can never go home anymore.

All my life I never really knew me till today,
Now I know why, I’m just another step along the way,

I lie awake for hours, I’m just waiting for the sun.
When the journey we are making has begun,
Don’t deny the feeling that is stealing through your heart,
Every happy ending needs to have a start.

All my life I never really knew me till today,
Now I know why, I’m just another step along the way,

Weep no more for treasures you’ve been searching for in vain.
‘Cos the truth is gently falling with the rain,
High above the forest lie the pastures of the sun,
Where the two that learned the secret are now one.

I don’t know what I’m searching for
I never have opened the door,
Tomorrow might find me at last,
Turning my back on the past,
But, time will tell, of stars that fell,
A million years ago.
Memories can never take you back, home, sweet home.
You can never go home anymore.

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About Lyrics and You Can Never Go Home by Moody Blues

The lyrics to You Can Never Go Home are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Moody Blues in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to You Can Never Go Home are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Moody Blues and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for You Can Never Go Home back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to You Can Never Go Home by Moody Blues 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 You Can Never Go Home" means the words set to the music of You Can Never Go Home, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Moody Blues. 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 You Can Never Go Home and the lyrics to You Can Never Go Home are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Moody Blues who came here looking just for the lyrics to You Can Never Go Home, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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