Lyrics to
Angel Eyes

This version of Angel Eyes was released by Emmylou Harris in 1979.

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Angel eyes, angel eyes
The ways of the world are feeble
Don’t give up on simple people

Angel eyes…….
The blues you can live without
It’s not what you song’s about

Angel eyes, angel eyes
Tell me what would we do without
No light from angel eyes
You can move the hearts of men
Just with a phrase you’re turning
Since hearts ever have been yearning……… and so alone

Thin lines you’ve been living on
Are so close to the danger zone

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About Lyrics and Angel Eyes by Emmylou Harris

When you decide to study the lyrics to Angel Eyes, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Emmylou Harris. Some of the lyrics to Angel Eyes have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Emmylou Harris and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Angel Eyes if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Angel Eyes" means the words set to the music of Angel Eyes, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Emmylou Harris. 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 Angel Eyes and the lyrics to Angel Eyes are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Emmylou Harris who came here looking just for the lyrics to Angel Eyes, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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