Page type: lyric reference
Artist: The Moody Blues
Canonical path: /moody-blues/departure
Related lyric paths: 6
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Departure
Read Departure lyrics by The Moody Blues on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Departure
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Be It Sight, Sound, Smell, Or Touch,
There's Something Inside, That We Need So Much.
The Sight of a Touch, Or the Scent of a Sound,
Or the Strength of An Oak, With Roots Deep in the Ground.
The Wonder of Flowers, to Be Covered, and Then to Burst Up,
Through Tarmac, to the Sun Again, Or to Fly to the Sun
Without Burning a Wing; to Lie in a Meadow
And Hear the Grass Sing; to Have All These Things
In Our Memory's Hoard, and to Use Them,
To Help Us, to Find......
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