Lyrics to
Ebony Eyes

This version of Ebony Eyes was released by Stevie Wonder in 1976.

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She’s a Miss Beautiful Supreme
A girl that other wish that they could be
If there’s seven wonders of the world
Then I know she’s gotta be number one
She’s a girl that can’t be beat
Born and raised on ghetto streets
She’s a devastating beauty
A pretty girl with ebony eyes

She’s the sunflower of nature’s seeds
A girl that some men only find in their dreams
When she smiles it seems the stars all know
Cause one by one they start to light up the sky
She’s a girl that can’t be beat
Born and raised on ghetto streets
She’s a devastating beauty
A pretty girl with ebony eyes

A girl that can’t be beat
Born and raised on ghetto streets
She’s a devastating beauty
A pretty girl with ebony eyes

When she starts talking soft and sweet
Like birds of spring her words all seem to sing
With a rhythm that is made of love
And the happiness that she only brings
She’s a girl that can’t be beat
Born and raised on ghetto streets
She’s a devastating beauty
A pretty girl with ebony eyes

A girl that can’t be beat
Born and raised on ghetto streets
She’s a devastating beauty
A pretty girl with ebony eyes

Yeah, yea, yea
…….yeah
Pretty black beauty
Yeah, yea yeah
Yea, yea, yeah, yea, yea, yeah
Yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yea, yeah
She’s a girl that can’t be beat
Born and raised on ghetto streets
She’s a devastating beauty
A pretty girl with ebony ey—es
Ebony ey–es
Ebony ey–es
Ebony ey–es
Ebony eyes

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About Lyrics and Ebony Eyes by Stevie Wonder

The lyrics for Ebony Eyes are defined as the words making up the song released by Stevie Wonder in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Ebony Eyes have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Stevie Wonder 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 Ebony Eyes by Stevie Wonder 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 Ebony Eyes" means the words set to the music of Ebony Eyes, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Stevie Wonder. 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 Ebony Eyes and the lyrics to Ebony Eyes are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Stevie Wonder who came here looking just for the lyrics to Ebony Eyes, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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