Lyrics to
Ain’t No Sunshine

This version of Ain’T No Sunshine was released by Michael Jackson in 1972.

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You ever want something
that you know you shouldn’t have
The more you know you shouldn’t have it,
The more you want it
And then one day you get it,
It’s so good too
But it’s just like my girl
When she’s around me
I just feel so good, so good
But right now I just feel cold, so cold
Right down to my bones
‘Cause ooh…
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
It’s not warm when she’s away
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
And she’s always gone too long
Anytime she goes away

Wonder this time where she’s gone
Wonder if she’s gone to stay
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
And this house just ain’t no home
Anytime she goes away

I know, I know, I know, I know,
I know, know, know, know, know,
I know, I know,
Hey I ought to leave
I ought to leave her alone
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone

Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
Only darkness every day
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone
And this house just ain’t no home
Anytime she goes away

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Michael Jackson has released many songs over the years besides Ain’T No Sunshine. Michael Jackson released songs from 1972 to 2004 spanning across albums like Got To Be There, Ben, Music & Me, Forever, Michael, Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous, HIStory - Past, Present And Future - Book 1, Blood On The Dance Floor - HIStory In The Mix, Invincible, and The Ultimate Collection. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Michael Jackson.

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About Lyrics and Ain’T No Sunshine by Michael Jackson

The lyrics to Ain’T No Sunshine are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Michael Jackson used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Ain’T No Sunshine have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Michael Jackson and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Ain’T No Sunshine by Michael Jackson. 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 Ain’T No Sunshine" means the words set to the music of Ain’T No Sunshine, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Michael Jackson. 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 Ain’T No Sunshine and the lyrics to Ain’T No Sunshine are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Michael Jackson who came here looking just for the lyrics to Ain’T No Sunshine, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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