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Death Valley Nights

This version of Death Valley Nights was released by Blue Oyster Cult in 1977.

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Bleached by the sun
And scorned by the moon
If I make it ’til tomorrow noon
I’m leaving

‘Tween the horror of space
And the terror of time
My heart in crystal
Down the line I’m screaming

What I need is a kiss from you babe
Before it’s hangover time
What I need is some love from you babe
Before this stampede arrives

Desolate landscapes
Storybook bliss
Darling let me tell you
This is crazy

Hell of a memory
Is a Heaven a pain
Snow is cold but so is rain
Please save me

What I need is a kiss from you babe
Before it’s hangover time
What I need is some love from you babe
Before the stampede arrives
I need you

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About Lyrics and Death Valley Nights by Blue Oyster Cult

The lyrics to Death Valley Nights are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Blue Oyster Cult in 1977. Elements of the lyrics to Death Valley Nights are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Blue Oyster Cult and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Death Valley Nights back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Death Valley Nights by Blue Oyster Cult in a number of ways. 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 Death Valley Nights" means the words set to the music of Death Valley Nights, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Blue Oyster Cult. 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 Death Valley Nights and the lyrics to Death Valley Nights are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Blue Oyster Cult who came here looking just for the lyrics to Death Valley Nights, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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