Lyrics to
Endless Sleep

This version of Endless Sleep was released by Don Williams in 1973.

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The night was dark, rain falling down
Looked for my baby she’s nowhere around
Traced her footsteps down to the shore
‘Fraid she’s gone forever more

I looked at the sea and it seemed to say
I took your baby from you away
I heard a voice crying in the deep
Come join me baby in my endless sleep

Why did we quarrel, why did we fight
Why did I leave her alone tonight
That’s why her footsteps ran into the sea
That’s why my baby is gone from me

I looked at the sea and it seemed to say
I took your baby from you away
I heard a voice crying in the deep
Come join me baby in my endless sleep

Ran in the water, heart full of fear
There in the breakers I saw her near
Reached for my baby, held her to me
Stole her away from the endless sleep

I looked at the sea and it seemed to say
You took your baby from me away
My heart cried out, she’s mine to keep
I saved my baby from that endless sleep…

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The lyrics to Endless Sleep are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Don Williams in 1973. Elements of the lyrics to Endless Sleep are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Don Williams and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Endless Sleep back when it was created.

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

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