Lyrics to
Heaven Knows

This version of Heaven Knows was released by Donna Summer in 1978.

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Baby please (baby please)
Please don’t take your love from me
(Please don’t take your love from me)
I am yours for ever more (ever more)
Till eternity

Silence please (so silently)
Listen to the words I say
(Listen to the words I say)
I’m not talking just for play
(Just for play)
Listen to me please
(Won’t you listen to me)

Heaven knows
It’s not the way it should be
And heaven knows
It’s not the way it could be
and don’t you know
There’s no need to leave
Heaven knows
I never wanna leave you
Heaven knows
I only wanna please you
Don’t you know
Love is what I need

Down inside (down inside)
Don’t get caught with foolish pride
(Don’t get caught with foolish pride)
Blow the other things aside (things aside)
It’s only you and me
(You and me, you and)
Believe in us (believe in us)
We were always meant to be
(Always meant to be)
Me for you and you for me (you for me)
Till eternity (’til eternity)

Heaven knows
It’s not the way it should be
And heaven knows
It’s not the way it could be
And don’t you know
There’s no need to leave
Heaven knows
I never wanna leave you
Heaven knows
I only wanna please you
Don’t you know
Love is what I need

Heaven knows
It’s not the way it should be
And heaven knows
It’s not the way it could be
And don’t you know
There’s no need to leave
Heaven knows
I only wanna love you
And heaven knows
I never wanna lose you
Don’t you know
Love is meant to be

Heaven knows
It’s not the way it should be
And it’s not your style
So stop with the pretending
So come on down
And hear me when I cry
Heaven knows
It’s not the way it should be
And it’s not your style
So stop with the pretending
So come on down
And hear me when I cry

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Donna Summer has released many songs over the years besides Heaven Knows. Donna Summer released songs from 1974 to 1996 spanning across albums like Lady Of The Night, Love To Love You Baby, Four Seasons Of Love, A Love Trilogy, Once Upon A Time, I Remember Yesterday, Live And More, Bad Girls, The Wanderer, Donna Summer, She Works Hard For The Money, Cats Without Claws, All Systems Go, Another Place And Time, Mistaken Identity, Christmas Spirit, and I'm A Rainbow. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Donna Summer.

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About Lyrics and Heaven Knows by Donna Summer

The lyrics to Heaven Knows are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Donna Summer in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Heaven Knows are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Donna Summer and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Heaven Knows back when it was created.

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

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