Lyrics to
Ain’t Nobody Home

This version of Ain’T Nobody Home was released by Bonnie Raitt in 1974.

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Once upon a time, a long long time ago,
wherever you would lead me, I would surely follow
Boy, you put me through some pain and misery
And now you are standing at my doorstep,
Telling me how much you need me

Ain’t nobody home
Ain’t nobody home

How many times I begged for you to come home,
But you laughed at me and said to let you alone
Through my falling tears I saw you walk away
And now you’re beggin’ me to forgive you,
But this time, baby, it’s your turn to pay

Ain’t nobody home
Ain’t nobody home

Boy, I used to love you,
I placed no one else above you
Gave you everything that I owned
But baby you can’t come back here
’cause there ain’t nobody home

Ain’t nobody home

Once upon a time, when you went on your way
How I hoped and prayed, that you’d come back some day
But time has made some changes, and turned me upside down
And now you’re beggin’ me to forgive you,
But this time, baby, you can turn right around

‘Cause there ain’t nobody home
Ain’t nobody home
Ain’t nobody home
Ain’t nobody home

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About Lyrics and Ain’T Nobody Home by Bonnie Raitt

The lyrics to Ain’T Nobody Home are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Bonnie Raitt used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to Ain’T Nobody Home have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Bonnie Raitt 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 Nobody Home by Bonnie Raitt. 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 Nobody Home" means the words set to the music of Ain’T Nobody Home, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bonnie Raitt. 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 Nobody Home and the lyrics to Ain’T Nobody Home are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bonnie Raitt who came here looking just for the lyrics to Ain’T Nobody Home, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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