Lyrics to
Don’t Let Me Down

This version of Don’T Let Me Down was released by The Hollies in 1974.

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The sun is overshadowed by the presence of the moon
Night time has fallen she’ll be comin’ home soon
Leave the door wide open, ah, so she won’t need a key
Lock it behind you baby draw the blinds so no-one can see
There’s only one thing on my mind
Don’t let don’t let me down
Don’t let don’t let me down
My feelings are near the ground

Silence is golden, ah, for me there’s just one choice
The music of your laughter, rippling of your voice
The freshness of the evergreen, ah, fades as if too shy
Can’t compete with your beauty, couldn’t if it tried
There’s only one thing on my mind
Don’t let, don’t let me down
Don’t let, don’t let me down
My feelings are near the ground

Let’s build something to climb on
Making the show a live one
No need for make-up let’s be real
Give all in what your giving
Making life worth living
Being alive’s how you should feel
Oh and don’t let, don’t let me down
My feelings are near the ground

Don’t want the sun to be shining
Raising his eyebrows at the moon
Saying I told you so she wouldn’t show
Well don’t speak too soon
I hear her footsteps walking on the outer floor
Well it could be, I don’t know, I don’t know for sure
There’s only one thing on my mind
Don’t let, don’t let me down
Don’t let, don’t let me down
My feelings are near the ground

Come on back, can’t live without you
Come on back, (I need you, I need you, I) can’t live without you
Come on back, (I want you, I want you, I)can’t live without you
Come on back, (C’mon, c’mon, c’mon, I) can’t live without you
Come on back, (I love you, I love you, I) can’t live without you
Come on back, (I need you, I need you, I) can’t live without you

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About Lyrics and Don’T Let Me Down by The Hollies

The lyrics for Don’T Let Me Down are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by The Hollies. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Don’T Let Me Down have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Don’T Let Me Down - The Hollies and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Don’T Let Me Down by The Hollies in multiple 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 Don’T Let Me Down" means the words set to the music of Don’T Let Me Down, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Hollies. 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 Don’T Let Me Down and the lyrics to Don’T Let Me Down are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Hollies who came here looking just for the lyrics to Don’T Let Me Down, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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