Lyrics to
Early Mornin’ Rain

This version of Early Mornin’ Rain was released by Elvis Presley in 1972.

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In the early mornin’ rain
With a dollar in my hand
And an aching in my heart
And my pockets full of sand

I’m a long ways from home
And I missed my loved one so
In the early mornin’ rain
With no place to go

Out on runway number nine
Big 707 set to go
Well, I’m out here on the grass
Where the pavement never grows

Where the liquor tasted good
And the women all were fast
There she goes my friend
She’s rolling out at last

Hear the mighty engines roar
(Hear the mighty engines roar )
See the silver wing on high
(See the silver wing on high )
She’s away and westward bound
For above the clouds she flies

Where the mornin’ rain don’t fall
And the sun always shines
She’ll be flying over my home
In about three hours time

This ol’ airport’s got me down
It’s no earthly good to me
‘Cause I’m stuck here on the ground
Cold and drunk as I might be

Can’t jump a jet plane
(Can’t jump a plane)
Like you can a freight train
(Like a freight train )
So I best be on my way
In the early mornin’ rain

So I best be on my way
In the early mornin’ rain
So I best be on my way
In the early mornin’ rain

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About Lyrics and Early Mornin’ Rain by Elvis Presley

When you decide to study the lyrics to Early Mornin’ Rain, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by Elvis Presley. Some of the lyrics to Early Mornin’ Rain have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Elvis Presley and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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