Lyrics to
Gloria

This version of Gloria was released by Van Morrison in 1974.

Our About Van Morrison page at Decade Lyrics includes the lyrics for Gloria from 1974 as well as all of the other lyrics from Van Morrison that we have in our lyrics database.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Van Morrison or about the 1970s in general.

Wanna tell about my baby
Lord, you know she comes around
About five feet four
From her head to the ground

Well, she comes around here
Just about midnight, hu!
Make me feel so good
Make me feel all right.

And her name is G. (G) L. (L) O. (O) R, (R) I. (I). yi-yi-yi-yi
G.L.O.R.I.A. (Gloria)
G.L.O.R.I.A. (Gloria)
I’m wanna shout it ev’ry night (Gloria)
I’m wanna shout it ev’ry day (Gloria)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, all right

She comes around here, hu!
Til about midnight
Makin’ me feel so good, hu!
Make me feel all right, hu!

Walkin’ down my street, hu!
Comes in my room, hu!
Knocks upon my door
Then she comes in my room

Baby, baby
Baby, baby
Baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby

Baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby
Baby, baby, baby, hu! hu!

Hu! baby
Hey babe!
Hey babe!

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

Hey! baby
Used to play prissy uh! Good God
Used to play prissy, good God
Used to play prissy, good God
All prissy

G.L.O.R.I.A (Gloria)
G.L.O.R.I.A (Gloria)

I wanna shout it ev’ry night (Gloria)
I wanna shout it ev’ry day (Gloria)
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah, all right (Gloria)

And it’s all right (Gloria)
And it’s all right (Gloria)
And it’s all right (Gloria)
It’s gonna be all right (Gloria)

It’s gonna be all right (Gloria)
Gonna be, gonna be, gonna be, gonna be
Gonna be, gonna be, gonna be, gonna be, all right
(Gloria)
Be all, be (Gloria)

Hey!

---

Want more lyrics and songs by Van Morrison?

Van Morrison has released many songs over the years besides Gloria. Van Morrison released songs from 1967 to 2005 spanning across albums like Blowin' Your Mind!, Astral Weeks, Moondance, His Band And The Street Choir, Tupelo Honey, Saint Dominic's Preview, Hard Nose The Highway, It's Too Late To Stop Now, Veedon Fleece, A Period Of Transition, Wavelength, Into The Music, Common One, Beautiful Vision, Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart, A Sense Of Wonder, No Guru, No Method, No Teacher, Poetic Champions Compose, Irish Heartbeat, Avalon Sunset, Enlightenment, Hymns To The Silence, Too Long In Exile, Days Like This, How Long Has This Been Going On, Tell Me Something: The Songs Of Mose Allison, The Healing Game, The Philosopher's Stone, Back On Top, The Skiffle Sessions - Live In Belfast, You Win Again, Down The Road, What's Wrong With This Picture?, and Magic Time. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Van Morrison.

If you're a fan of popular 1970s songs looking for more songs from 1974 or the 1970s overall, you've come to the right place!

About Lyrics and Gloria by Van Morrison

The lyrics to Gloria are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Van Morrison in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Gloria are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Van Morrison and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Gloria back when it was created.

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

More Songs & Lyrics by Van Morrison

Visit our Van Morrison profile for more Van Morrison songs, lyrics & info!

)