Lyrics to
After Midnight

This version of After Midnight was released by Eric Clapton in 1970.

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After midnight, we’re gonna let it all hang down.
After midnight, we’re gonna chug-a-lug and shout.
We’re gonna stimulate some action;
We’re gonna get some satisfaction.
We’re gonna find out what it is all about.
After midnight, we’re gonna let it all hang down.

After midnight, we’re gonna shake your tambourine.
After midnight, it’s all gonna be peaches and cream.
We’re gonna cause talk and suspicion;
We’re gonna give an exhibition.
We’re gonna find out what it is all about.
After midnight, we’re gonna let it all hang down.

After midnight, we’re gonna let it all hang down.

After midnight, we’re gonna let it all hang down.
After midnight, we’re gonna let it all hang down.
After midnight, we’re gonna let it all hang down.
After midnight, we’re gonna let it all hang down.

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About Lyrics and After Midnight by Eric Clapton

The lyrics to After Midnight are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Eric Clapton in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to After Midnight are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Eric Clapton and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for After Midnight back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to After Midnight by Eric Clapton 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 After Midnight" means the words set to the music of After Midnight, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Eric Clapton. 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 After Midnight and the lyrics to After Midnight are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Eric Clapton who came here looking just for the lyrics to After Midnight, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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