Lyrics for Fleetwood Mac Rhiannon (Official Music Video) version aka Live at Studio Instrument Rentals in 1976 version
This article is written on public demand. Fleetwood Mac in general and Stevie Nicks in particular have been perennial favorites. Recently, I shared a video of them performing a live version of their song Rhiannon at Studio Instrument Rentals in 1976 with a few friends, and all of them struggled to understand the lyrics towards the end part where Stevie goes berserk and the performance hits its crescendo. Some of them are smart people, and they tried searching various song lyrics provider websites, yet they were unable to find the lyrics for this particular version. So they requested that I share the lyrics with them, and I obliged, as friends do. One of them suggested that it’d be a good idea if I could put it on my blog, as it’d be accessible to countless others searching for this particular version’s lyrics. So, here you go, folks. I’ve done my best to transcribe the lyrics as accurately as I possibly can, but if you spot any errors, please contact me, and I’ll be more than happy to correct them.
This is a song about a Welsh witch
Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night
And wouldn’t you love to love her?
She rules her love like a bird in flight
And who will be her lover?
All your life you’ve never seen
A woman taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven?
Will you ever win?
She is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark
And when the sky is starless
Once in a million years, a lady like her rises
Rhiannon, you cry, but she’s gone
And your life knows no answer
And your life knows no answer
Rhiannon (4X)
She rings like a bell through the night
And wouldn’t you love to love her?
She rules her life like a bird in flight
And who will be her lover?
Once in a million years, a lady like her rises
Rhiannon, you cry, but she’s gone
And your life knows no answer
And your life knows no answer
Rhiannon (4X)
Taken by, taken by the sky (3X)
Dreams unwind
Love’s a state of mind
Oh, now you know that
Your dreams unwind
Love’s a state of mind
I know you know that
Your dreams unwind
And love is hard to find, you know, you know
Dreams unwind
It’s still a state of mind, I know, I know
Dreams unwind
And love is hard to find
Dreams unwind
It’s still a state of mind
Take me like the wind now
Take me with the sky
Take me like the wind, baby
Take me with the sky
All the same, all the same, all the same
Rhiannon
All the same, all the same, all the same
Would you take me with you to the sky
All the same, all the same, Rhiannon
All the same, all the same, all the same
Won’t you take me with you to the sky
Dream on
Try hard; you can leave her
Dream on; you can dream on
Try hard, ah
Take me with you to the sky
Dream on, dream on, yeah
Lyrics by Stevie Nicks
Her Rhiannon in those days was like an exorcism.
~ Mick Fleetwood
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