Lyrics to
Come Early Morning

This version of Come Early Morning was released by Don Williams in 1973.

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I been a walkin’, walkin’ in the moonlight
Trippin’ in the starlight, Lord, and I’m feelin’ down
Walkin’ in the shadows, sneakin’ down a side road
Come early mornin’ I’ll be there on the edge of town

I was a thinkin’, thinkin’ bout a good thing
Thinkin’ bout a sweet gleam, uum, in my honey’s eyes
And I was a-sinkin’, feelin’ kinda lonesome
Come early morning I’ll be home at my honey’s side

I have drifted up across the mountain
And I have stumbled down the other side
And I’ve been tempted, tried and troubled
Come early morning I’ll be home and satisfied

She give me little lovin’
Give me little sunshine
Make me have a good time, Lord
When I’m feelin’ blue
I couldn’t refuse her
Well I couldn’t misuse her
Come early mornin’ I’ll be home
With my honeydew

I have drifted up across the mountains
I have stumbled down the other side
I’ve been tempted, tried and troubled
Come early mornin’ I’ll be home
And satisfied…

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About Lyrics and Come Early Morning by Don Williams

When you decide to study the lyrics to Come Early Morning, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Don Williams. Some of the lyrics to Come Early Morning have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Don Williams and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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