Lyrics to
Go To Sleep

This version of Go To Sleep was released by Barbra Streisand in 1970.

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Now that’s what I call a man!What are you gonna do about Warren?
That’s the first time in my life I felt like the opposite sex.
What are you gonna do about Warren? I wonder if he’ll ask me
tomorrow night. What are you gonna do about Warren? What am I
gonna do about Warren? Oh, Warren doesn’t care.Warren cares!
Warren cares, but I don’t care! You have to care because you’re
engaged to him and you don’t have to care about him because how
will he know he cares about you? Then what are you gonna do?
What did you say?

When you know there’s someone loving you
And you know there’s someone you love too
And they’re not the same, what do you do?
Go to sleep, girl! Go to sleep! Go to sleep!
Close your eyes and hide from every care
When you wake up they may not be there
But tell me how can I sleep
Tell me who could
When you see your whole life tangled up good
I could drink, I could weep
But tell me how can I sleep?
Go to sleep! Go to sleep!
And when you and someone have a date
(Which you made when you were thinking straight!)
And when you and someone stay out late
(It was bad too…)
Mmm…But I had to!
When they’re not the same who gets the gate?
(This is not the way to find a mate!)
Go to sleep, girl! Go to sleep! Go to sleep!
( Go to sleep, girl! Go to sleep! Go to sleep!)
Comes the dawn I may not feel the same
(Comes the dawn he may not know your name!)
In the sunlight who can see a flame?
But tell me how can I sleep, look what I’ve done
Mess around with two men
Soon you’ll have none
As you sow, so you reap
Which is why I can’t sleep, mmm…
Go to sleep, girl! Go to sleep! Go to sleep! Go to…

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About Lyrics and Go To Sleep by Barbra Streisand

The lyrics for Go To Sleep are defined as the words making up the song released by Barbra Streisand in 1970. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Go To Sleep have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Barbra Streisand and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Go To Sleep by Barbra Streisand if you think through it. 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 Go To Sleep" means the words set to the music of Go To Sleep, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barbra Streisand. 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 Go To Sleep and the lyrics to Go To Sleep are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barbra Streisand who came here looking just for the lyrics to Go To Sleep, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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