Lyrics to
Hey Tonight

This version of Hey Tonight was released by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) in 1970.

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Hey, Tonight,
Gonna be tonight,
Don’t you know I’m flyin’
Tonight, tonight.
Hey, c’mon,
Gonna chase tomorrow
Tonight, tonight.

Gonna get it to the rafters,
Watch me now.
Jody’s gonna get religion
All night long.

Hey, c’mon,
Gonna hear the sun
Tonight, tonight.

Gonna get it to the rafters,
Watch me now.
Jody’s gonna get religion
All night long.

Aaaah!
Hey, Tonight,
Gonna be tonight,
Don’t you know I’m flyin’
Tonight, tonight.
Tonight, tonight.

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About Lyrics and Hey Tonight by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

The lyrics to Hey Tonight are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Hey Tonight have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) 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 Hey Tonight by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival). 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 Hey Tonight" means the words set to the music of Hey Tonight, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival). 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 Hey Tonight and the lyrics to Hey Tonight are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) who came here looking just for the lyrics to Hey Tonight, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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