Lyrics to
Bloody Mary Morning

This version of Bloody Mary Morning was released by Willie Nelson in 1970.

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It’s a Bloody Mary morning,
Baby left me without warning
Sometime in the night
So I’m flyin’ down to Houston
Forgetting her’s the nature of my flight

As we taxi toward the runway
With the smog and haze
Reminding me of how I feel
Just a country boy who’s learnin’
That the pitfalls of the city
Are extremely real

All the night life and the parties
And temptation and deceit
The order of the day
Well it’s a Bloody Mary mornin’
Cause I’m leavin’ baby somewhere in LA
It’s a Bloody Mary morning…

Our golden jet is airborn
And flight Fifty cuts a path
Across the mornin’ sky
And a voice comes on the speaker
Reassuring us flight Fifty
Is the way to fly

And a hostess takes our order
Coffee tea or something stronger
To start off the day
Well it’s a Bloody Mary morning
Cause I’m leavin’ baby somewhere in LA
It’s a bloody mary morning…

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About Lyrics and Bloody Mary Morning by Willie Nelson

The lyrics to Bloody Mary Morning are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Willie Nelson used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Bloody Mary Morning have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Willie Nelson 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 Bloody Mary Morning by Willie Nelson. 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 Bloody Mary Morning" means the words set to the music of Bloody Mary Morning, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Willie Nelson. 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 Bloody Mary Morning and the lyrics to Bloody Mary Morning are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Willie Nelson who came here looking just for the lyrics to Bloody Mary Morning, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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