Lyrics to
Golden Slumbers

This version of Golden Slumbers was released by John Denver in 1970.

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Once there was a way to get back homeward. Once there was a way to get back home,
sleep pretty darling do not cry, and I will sing a lullaby.
Golden slumbers fill your eyes, smiles awake you when you rise.
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry, and I will sing a lullaby.

Once there was a way to get back homeward. Once there was a way to get back home.
Sleep pretty darling do not cry, and I will sing a lullaby.

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About Lyrics and Golden Slumbers by John Denver

When you decide to study the lyrics to Golden Slumbers, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1970 song by John Denver. Some of the lyrics to Golden Slumbers have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only John Denver and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Golden Slumbers if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Golden Slumbers" means the words set to the music of Golden Slumbers, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Denver. 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 Golden Slumbers and the lyrics to Golden Slumbers are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Denver who came here looking just for the lyrics to Golden Slumbers, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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