Lyrics to
Evening Blue

This version of Evening Blue was released by Traffic in 1973.

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Sitting all alone by the fireside
Listen to the wind in the chimney top
Haven’t slept for days, and I’m still wide eyed
Try not to think, but my mind won’t stop
Evening shadows making my heart sing out
With the setting sun, turning leaves to brown
If I had a lover, who’s heart was true
I wouldn’t be alone in this evening blue
Everybody’s looking for something in life
Not everyone’s finds what they’re looking for
Everybody wants a little happiness in life
But everyone can open the door
Morning wakens, making my heart sing out
Now that summer’s here, changing fears and doubts

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About Lyrics and Evening Blue by Traffic

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

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

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