Lyrics to
Crystal Lullaby

This version of Crystal Lullaby was released by The Carpenters in 1972.

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Listen to the song he sings
Can’t you see his music brings her
Crystal sleep

As her heavy eyelids fall
He’s taking her to where the dolls
Rule the world

And in that land of make believe
Is where he’ll leave her sleeping
Softly warm
In a crystal lullaby

He’s weaving her a paper castle
Where dancing clowns with tassels made of fur
Welcome her into their world
That lives inside the dreams
Of every little girl

She’s guarded by a brave tin soldier
Sitting on her shoulder
Taken there
In a crystal lullaby

Sometimes when I listen to
The velvet song that fills the summer afternoon
Something deep within me sighs
And wishes for the peaceful skies
Of long ago

That wrapped my cares
In silver air
And carried them away
Leaving me …
And a crystal lullaby

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About Lyrics and Crystal Lullaby by The Carpenters

The lyrics for Crystal Lullaby are defined as the words making up the song released by The Carpenters in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Crystal Lullaby have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Carpenters 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 Crystal Lullaby by The Carpenters 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 Crystal Lullaby" means the words set to the music of Crystal Lullaby, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Carpenters. 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 Crystal Lullaby and the lyrics to Crystal Lullaby are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Carpenters who came here looking just for the lyrics to Crystal Lullaby, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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