Lyrics to
Bonfire

This version of Bonfire was released by Cat Stevens in 1977.

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I can’t budge baby I can’t move without your
love to guide me
I don’t know honey that’s the truth what laid
you down beside me,
Heat me with your love oh, your lips were meant
for mine
Nobody else can bake me like a, no no no, like a-
Bonfire, your love is like a bonfire burning deep
within me
Now some folks said it’s no good to smoke in bed
Umm, but I just turn off my ears and I jump into
the fire again

I feel so weak, yea, I can’t sleep without you there
to hold me
Promise me you won’t ever leave or I would die
so coldly,
Kiss me with your eyes, please don’t let it rain
Don’t kick no dust on my-
Bonfire, your love is like a bonfire burning deep
within me
Now it just grows, no matter where the wind blows
Yeah but since you touched me I can’t hide it
I’ve been so delighted with you

Yeah, heat me with your love, ah ah
You opened up my heart, I just can’t live
without you,
Oh, I just couldn’t live another day, your my-
Bonfire, your love is like a bonfire burning deep
within me
Now some folks said it’s no good to smoke in bed
uh, huh
But I just take off my clothes and I jump into
the fire again

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About Lyrics and Bonfire by Cat Stevens

The lyrics for Bonfire are defined as the words making up the song released by Cat Stevens in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Bonfire have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Cat Stevens and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Bonfire by Cat Stevens if you think through it. 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 Bonfire" means the words set to the music of Bonfire, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cat Stevens. 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 Bonfire and the lyrics to Bonfire are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cat Stevens who came here looking just for the lyrics to Bonfire, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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