The Byrds Lyrics
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From the Album
1. Mr. Tambourine Man
2. Ill Feel a Whole Lot Better
3. The Bells Of Rhymney
4. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season)
5. All I Really Want to Do
6. Chimes of Freedom
7. Eight Miles High
8. Mr. Spaceman
9. 5D (Fifth Dimension)
10. So You Want to Be a Rock N Roll Star
11. My Back Pages
From the Album 1. 5D (Fifth Dimension) 2. Wild Mountain Thyme 3. Mr. Spaceman 4. I See You 5. Whats Happening?!?! 6. I Come And Stand At Every Door 7. Eight Miles High 8. Hey Joe (Where You Gonna Go) 9. Captain Soul 10. John Riley 11. 2-4-2 Fox Trot (The Lear Jet Song)
From the Album 1. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season) 2. It Wont Be Wrong 3. Set You Free This Time 4. Lay Down Your Weary Tune 5. He Was A Friend Of Mine 6. The World Turns All Around Her 7. Satisfied Mind 8. If Youre Gone 9. The Times They Are a-Changin' 10. Wait And See 11. Oh! Susannah
From the Album 1. Mr. Tambourine Man 2. Ill Feel a Whole Lot Better 3. Spanish Harlem Incident 4. You Wont Have To Cry 5. Here Without You 6. The Bells Of Rhymney 7. All I Really Want to Do 8. I Knew Id Want You 9. Its No Use 10. Dont Doubt Yourself Babe 11. Chimes of Freedom 12. Well Meet Again
Other Songs 5D Absolute Happiness Airport Song All I Have Is Memories All The Things Amazing Grace Americas Great National Pastime Antique Sandy Armstrong Aldrin And Collins Artificial Energy Baby What You Want Me To Do Bad Night At The Whiskey Bag Full Of Money Ballad Of Easy Rider B.B. Class Road Bells of Rhymney B.J. Blues Blue Canadian Rockies Born To RockNRoll Borrowing Time Boston Bound To Fall Bristol Steam Convention Blues Buckaroo Bugler Build It Up Byrdgrass Candy Change Is Now Changing Heart Chestnut Mare Child Of The Universe Christian Life [Live] Citizen Kane Cowgirl In The Sand Deportee Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) Dolphins Smile Dont Be Long Dont Make Waves Don't You Write Her Off Draft Morning Drug Store Truck Drivin Man Eve Of Destruction Everybodys Been Burned Farther Along Feel a Whole Lot Better Fiddler A Dram Fido For Free For Me Again From a Distance Full Circle Get Down Your Line Get To You Glory Glory Goin Back Green Apple Quick Step Gunga Din Have You Seen Her Face Hey Joe Hickory Wind Hot Burrito #1 Hungry Planet I Am A Pilgrim I Feel a Whole Lot Better I Know My Rider I Trust I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician It Happens Each Day Its All Over Now Baby Blue Jack Tarr The Sailor Jamaica Say You Will Jesus Is Just Alright John The Revelator Just A Season Just Like A Woman Kathleens Song King Apathy III Knockin' on Heaven's Door [Previously Unreleased Track] Lady Friend Laughing Lay Lady Lay Lazy Days Lazy Waters Life In Prison Long Live The King Lost My Drivin Wheel Love That Never Dies Lover Of The Bayou Mae Jean Goes To Hollywood Mind Gardens Moog Raga Moon Raga My Destiny Nashville West Natural Harmony Nothin to It Nothing Was Delivered Oil In My Lamp Old Blue Old John Robertson One Hundred Years From Now One In a Hundred [Bonus Track] Pale Blue Paths of Victory Please Let Me Love You Positively 4th Street Precious Kate Pretty Boy Floyd Pretty Polly Psychodrama City Renaissance Fair Roll Over Beethoven (See The Sky) About To Rain Shady Grove She Dont Care About Time She Has A Way She's the Kind of Girl [Bonus Track] Sing Me Back Home [Live] So Fine So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star So You Want To Be A RocknRoll Star Space Odyssey Stanleys Song Stranger In A Strange Land Sweet Mary Take A Whiff On Me The Airport Song The Ballad of Easy Rider The Ballad of Easy Riders The Blue Canadian Rockies The Christian Life The Day Walk The Girl With No Name The Only Girl I Adore The Only Girl I Adore The Reason Why The Times They Are a Changin' The Water Is Wide There Must Be Someone Things Will Be Better Think Im Gonna Feel Better This Wheels On Fire Thoughts And Words Tiffany Queen Time Between Tomorrow Is A Long Ways Away Triad Tribal Gathering Tried So Hard Truck Stop Girl Tulsa County Tunnel Of Love Turn! Turn! Turn! Turn Your Radio On Universal Mind Decoder Wasnt Born To Follow Way Beyond The Sun Well Come Back Home Why Willin Yesterdays Train You Aint Goin Nowhere You Aint Going Nowhere You All Look Alike You And Me You Dont Miss Your Water You Got A Reputation You Movin You Showed Me Your Gentle Way of Loving Me Your Gentle Ways Of Loving Me Youre Still On My Mind
From the Album 1. 5D (Fifth Dimension) 2. Wild Mountain Thyme 3. Mr. Spaceman 4. I See You 5. Whats Happening?!?! 6. I Come And Stand At Every Door 7. Eight Miles High 8. Hey Joe (Where You Gonna Go) 9. Captain Soul 10. John Riley 11. 2-4-2 Fox Trot (The Lear Jet Song)
From the Album 1. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There is a Season) 2. It Wont Be Wrong 3. Set You Free This Time 4. Lay Down Your Weary Tune 5. He Was A Friend Of Mine 6. The World Turns All Around Her 7. Satisfied Mind 8. If Youre Gone 9. The Times They Are a-Changin' 10. Wait And See 11. Oh! Susannah
From the Album 1. Mr. Tambourine Man 2. Ill Feel a Whole Lot Better 3. Spanish Harlem Incident 4. You Wont Have To Cry 5. Here Without You 6. The Bells Of Rhymney 7. All I Really Want to Do 8. I Knew Id Want You 9. Its No Use 10. Dont Doubt Yourself Babe 11. Chimes of Freedom 12. Well Meet Again
Other Songs 5D Absolute Happiness Airport Song All I Have Is Memories All The Things Amazing Grace Americas Great National Pastime Antique Sandy Armstrong Aldrin And Collins Artificial Energy Baby What You Want Me To Do Bad Night At The Whiskey Bag Full Of Money Ballad Of Easy Rider B.B. Class Road Bells of Rhymney B.J. Blues Blue Canadian Rockies Born To RockNRoll Borrowing Time Boston Bound To Fall Bristol Steam Convention Blues Buckaroo Bugler Build It Up Byrdgrass Candy Change Is Now Changing Heart Chestnut Mare Child Of The Universe Christian Life [Live] Citizen Kane Cowgirl In The Sand Deportee Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) Dolphins Smile Dont Be Long Dont Make Waves Don't You Write Her Off Draft Morning Drug Store Truck Drivin Man Eve Of Destruction Everybodys Been Burned Farther Along Feel a Whole Lot Better Fiddler A Dram Fido For Free For Me Again From a Distance Full Circle Get Down Your Line Get To You Glory Glory Goin Back Green Apple Quick Step Gunga Din Have You Seen Her Face Hey Joe Hickory Wind Hot Burrito #1 Hungry Planet I Am A Pilgrim I Feel a Whole Lot Better I Know My Rider I Trust I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician It Happens Each Day Its All Over Now Baby Blue Jack Tarr The Sailor Jamaica Say You Will Jesus Is Just Alright John The Revelator Just A Season Just Like A Woman Kathleens Song King Apathy III Knockin' on Heaven's Door [Previously Unreleased Track] Lady Friend Laughing Lay Lady Lay Lazy Days Lazy Waters Life In Prison Long Live The King Lost My Drivin Wheel Love That Never Dies Lover Of The Bayou Mae Jean Goes To Hollywood Mind Gardens Moog Raga Moon Raga My Destiny Nashville West Natural Harmony Nothin to It Nothing Was Delivered Oil In My Lamp Old Blue Old John Robertson One Hundred Years From Now One In a Hundred [Bonus Track] Pale Blue Paths of Victory Please Let Me Love You Positively 4th Street Precious Kate Pretty Boy Floyd Pretty Polly Psychodrama City Renaissance Fair Roll Over Beethoven (See The Sky) About To Rain Shady Grove She Dont Care About Time She Has A Way She's the Kind of Girl [Bonus Track] Sing Me Back Home [Live] So Fine So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star So You Want To Be A RocknRoll Star Space Odyssey Stanleys Song Stranger In A Strange Land Sweet Mary Take A Whiff On Me The Airport Song The Ballad of Easy Rider The Ballad of Easy Riders The Blue Canadian Rockies The Christian Life The Day Walk The Girl With No Name The Only Girl I Adore The Only Girl I Adore The Reason Why The Times They Are a Changin' The Water Is Wide There Must Be Someone Things Will Be Better Think Im Gonna Feel Better This Wheels On Fire Thoughts And Words Tiffany Queen Time Between Tomorrow Is A Long Ways Away Triad Tribal Gathering Tried So Hard Truck Stop Girl Tulsa County Tunnel Of Love Turn! Turn! Turn! Turn Your Radio On Universal Mind Decoder Wasnt Born To Follow Way Beyond The Sun Well Come Back Home Why Willin Yesterdays Train You Aint Goin Nowhere You Aint Going Nowhere You All Look Alike You And Me You Dont Miss Your Water You Got A Reputation You Movin You Showed Me Your Gentle Way of Loving Me Your Gentle Ways Of Loving Me Youre Still On My Mind
The Byrds were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964. The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn (known as Jim McGuinn until mid-1967) remaining the sole consistent member. Although their time as one of the most popular groups in the world only lasted for a short period in the mid-1960s, the Byrds are considered by critics to be among the most influential rock acts of their era. Their signature blend of clear harmony singing and McGuinn's jangly 12-string Rickenbacker guitar was "absorbed into the vocabulary of rock" and has continued to be influential.
Initially, the Byrds pioneered the musical genre of folk rock as a popular format in 1965, by melding the influence of the Beatles and other British Invasion bands with contemporary and traditional folk music on their first and second albums and the hit singles "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and "Mr. Tambourine Man". As the 1960s progressed, the band was influential in originating psychedelic rock and raga rock, with their song "Eight Miles High" and the albums Fifth Dimension (1966), Younger Than Yesterday (1967), and The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968). The band also played a pioneering role in the development of country rock, with the 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo representing their fullest immersion into the genre.
The band's original five-piece lineup consisted of McGuinn (lead guitar, vocals), Gene Clark (tambourine, vocals), David Crosby (rhythm guitar, vocals), Chris Hillman (bass guitar, vocals), and Michael Clarke (drums). In early 1966, Clark left due to problems associated with anxiety and his increasing isolation within the group. The Byrds continued as a quartet until late 1967, when Crosby and Clarke also departed. McGuinn and Hillman recruited new members Kevin Kelley on drums and country rock pioneer Gram Parsons on rhythm guitar and vocals, but by late 1968, Hillman, Parsons, and Kelley had also exited the band. McGuinn elected to rebuild the band's membership; from late 1968 to early 1973, he helmed a new incarnation of the Byrds that featured guitarist Clarence White, drummer Gene Parsons, and bassist John York, with the latter replaced by Skip Battin in late 1969. McGuinn disbanded that version of the band in early 1973 to make way for a reunion of the original quintet. The Byrds' final album was released in March 1973, with the reunited group disbanding later that year.
Several former members of the Byrds went on to successful careers of their own, either as solo artists or as members of such groups as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the Flying Burrito Brothers, McGuinn, Clark & Hillman, and the Desert Rose Band. In 1991, the Byrds were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an occasion that saw the five original members performing together for the last time. Gene Clark died of a heart attack later that year, while Michael Clarke died of liver failure in 1993. Crosby died in 2023. McGuinn and Hillman remain active.
Members:
Initially, the Byrds pioneered the musical genre of folk rock as a popular format in 1965, by melding the influence of the Beatles and other British Invasion bands with contemporary and traditional folk music on their first and second albums and the hit singles "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and "Mr. Tambourine Man". As the 1960s progressed, the band was influential in originating psychedelic rock and raga rock, with their song "Eight Miles High" and the albums Fifth Dimension (1966), Younger Than Yesterday (1967), and The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968). The band also played a pioneering role in the development of country rock, with the 1968 album Sweetheart of the Rodeo representing their fullest immersion into the genre.
The band's original five-piece lineup consisted of McGuinn (lead guitar, vocals), Gene Clark (tambourine, vocals), David Crosby (rhythm guitar, vocals), Chris Hillman (bass guitar, vocals), and Michael Clarke (drums). In early 1966, Clark left due to problems associated with anxiety and his increasing isolation within the group. The Byrds continued as a quartet until late 1967, when Crosby and Clarke also departed. McGuinn and Hillman recruited new members Kevin Kelley on drums and country rock pioneer Gram Parsons on rhythm guitar and vocals, but by late 1968, Hillman, Parsons, and Kelley had also exited the band. McGuinn elected to rebuild the band's membership; from late 1968 to early 1973, he helmed a new incarnation of the Byrds that featured guitarist Clarence White, drummer Gene Parsons, and bassist John York, with the latter replaced by Skip Battin in late 1969. McGuinn disbanded that version of the band in early 1973 to make way for a reunion of the original quintet. The Byrds' final album was released in March 1973, with the reunited group disbanding later that year.
Several former members of the Byrds went on to successful careers of their own, either as solo artists or as members of such groups as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the Flying Burrito Brothers, McGuinn, Clark & Hillman, and the Desert Rose Band. In 1991, the Byrds were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, an occasion that saw the five original members performing together for the last time. Gene Clark died of a heart attack later that year, while Michael Clarke died of liver failure in 1993. Crosby died in 2023. McGuinn and Hillman remain active.
Roger McGuinn - lead guitar, banjo, Moog synthesizer, vocals (1964-1973, 1989-1991, 2000)
Gene Clark - tambourine, rhythm guitar, harmonica, vocals (1964-1966, 1967, 1972-1973, 1991; died 1991)
David Crosby - rhythm guitar, vocals (1964-1967, 1972-1973, 1989-1991, 2000; died 2023)
Michael Clarke - drums (1964-1967, 1972-1973, 1991; died 1993)
Chris Hillman - bass guitar, rhythm guitar, mandolin, vocals (1964-1968, 1972-1973, 1989-1991, 2000)
Subsequent members
Kevin Kelley - drums (1968; died 2002)
Gram Parsons - rhythm guitar, piano, organ, vocals (1968; died 1973)
Clarence White - lead guitar, mandolin, vocals (1968-1973; died 1973)
Gene Parsons - drums, banjo, harmonica, pedal steel guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals (1968-1972)
John York - bass guitar, vocals (1968-1969)
Skip Battin - bass guitar, piano, vocals (1969-1973; died 2003)
From: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genre(s): Rock, pop, folk rock, psychedelia, raga rock, country rock, jangle pop, Classic Rock
Active From: 1964-1973, 1989-1991, 2000
Associated Acts: The Flying Burrito Brothers, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Firefall, McGuinn Clark & Hillman, the Desert Rose Band