Lyrics to
Earlybird

This version of Earlybird was released by Eagles in 1972.

Our Decade Lyrics Eagles profile has all of the Earlybird lyrics from 1972 and many more songs from the Eagles discography that we have on file.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Eagles or about the 1970s in general.

Early in the morning
about the break of day
the earlybird is working
so his life don’t fade away
spends his life denying that
he’s got no time for flying
in the breeze
High up on his own, the eagle flies alone
and he is free
Earlybird is scratching though
the going’s getting tough
time is passing by him and he just
can’t get enough
He’ll tell you all is well when
all is really going wrong
the Earlybird will wake one day
and find his life is gone
You know I like to lay in bed
and sleep out in the sun
Reading books and playing crazy music
just for fun
You know it makes feel so fine
and puts my mind at ease to
know that I don’t harm a soul
in doing what I please
aaahhhh, ahhhh , ahhhhh ahhh…..
Any old day you say,
ain’t gonna fade away
any old day you say,
ain’t gonna fade away

---

Want more lyrics and songs by Eagles?

Eagles has released many songs over the years besides Earlybird. Eagles released songs from 1972 to 2007 spanning across albums like The Eagles, Desperado, On The Border, One Of These Nights, Hotel California, The Long Run, Hell Freezes Over, and Long Road Out Of Eden. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Eagles.

If you're a fan of popular 1970s songs looking for more songs from 1972 or the 1970s overall, you've come to the right place!

About Lyrics and Earlybird by Eagles

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

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

More Songs & Lyrics by Eagles

Visit our Eagles profile for more Eagles songs, lyrics & info!

)