Lyrics to
Goodnight

This version of Goodnight was released by Chris De Burgh in 1975.

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Well, it’s after midnight and the skies are shining bright,
And a big fat moon is dancing on the sea, and I’m thinking oh my…
And that old man in the sky he’s looking me right in the eye,
And he’s wondering why, and he’s saying “Little singer,
Why aren’t you sleeping, why aren’t you sleeping?”
Oh, the day is hanging heavy on my eyes, I guess the time,
Has come to say goodnight…

And may your dreams take you travelling all night long,
With an angel by your side when the wind blows strong,
Oh stay away from that city, that sad and lonely place,
I will lead you to the river, here’s the door,
And the key is turning round,
Close the shutters, do not cry, there’s a new moon in the sky,
Oh hold on to your love, until your time has come to say … goodnight.

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Chris De Burgh has released many songs over the years besides Goodnight. Chris De Burgh released songs from 1975 to 2006 spanning across albums like Spanish Train And Other Stories, Far Beyond These Castle Walls, At The End Of A Perfect Day, Crusader, Eastern Wind, The Getaway, Man On The Line, Into The Light, Flying Colours, Power Of Ten, This Way Up, Beautiful Dreams, Quiet Revolution, Timing Is Everything, The Road To Freedom, and The Storyman. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Chris De Burgh.

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About Lyrics and Goodnight by Chris De Burgh

The lyrics to Goodnight are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Chris De Burgh used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to Goodnight have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Chris De Burgh and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Goodnight by Chris De Burgh. 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 Goodnight" means the words set to the music of Goodnight, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chris De Burgh. 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 Goodnight and the lyrics to Goodnight are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chris De Burgh who came here looking just for the lyrics to Goodnight, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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