Lyrics to
Eight Days A Week

This version of Eight Days A Week was released by The Runaways in 1978.

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Ooh I need your love babe
I guess you know it’s true
Hope you need my love babe
Just like I need you

Hold me, love me, hold me, love me
I ain’t got nothin’ but love babe
Eight days a week

Eight days a week
I love you
Eight days a week
Is not enough to show I care

Ooh I need your love babe
Guess you know it’s true
Hope you need my love babe
Just like I need you

Hold me, love me, hold me, love me
I ain’t got nothin’ but love babe
Eight days a week

Eight days a week
I love you
Eight days a week
Is not enough to show I care

I love you ev’ry day babe
You’re always on my mind
One thing I can say babe
I love you all the time

Hold me, love me, hold me, love me
I ain’t got nothin’ but love babe
Eight days a week

Eight days a week, eight days a week, eight days a week

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About Lyrics and Eight Days A Week by The Runaways

The lyrics to Eight Days A Week are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Runaways in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Eight Days A Week are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Runaways and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Eight Days A Week back when it was created.

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

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