Lyrics to
Gently I’ll Wake You

This version of Gently I’Ll Wake You was released by Chicago in 1976.

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Come to me, baby mine
And I’ll make love to you
Just when the sun begins to shine
On the morning dew
I’ve been gone, far away
The days they seemed like years
Right by your side I’m gonna stay
Kiss away your tears
Gently I’ll wake you
I won’t hardly shake you
Gently I’ll wake you
I won’t hardly shake you
And I’ll make sweet love to you
Hold me tight, don’t let go
We’ll dream the whole day through
I missed you more than you could know
I love only you
Come to me, baby mine
And I’ll make love to you
Just when the sun begins to shine
On the morning dew
Gently I’ll wake you
I won’t hardly shake you
Gently I’ll wake you
I won’t hardly shake you
And I’ll make sweet love to you

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About Lyrics and Gently I’Ll Wake You by Chicago

The lyrics for Gently I’Ll Wake You are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by Chicago. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Gently I’Ll Wake You have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Gently I’Ll Wake You - Chicago and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Gently I’Ll Wake You by Chicago in multiple 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 Gently I’Ll Wake You" means the words set to the music of Gently I’Ll Wake You, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chicago. 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 Gently I’Ll Wake You and the lyrics to Gently I’Ll Wake You are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chicago who came here looking just for the lyrics to Gently I’Ll Wake You, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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