Lyrics to
How Do You Sleep?

This version of How Do You Sleep? was released by John Lennon in 1971.

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so sgt. pepper took you by
surprise
you better see right through that
mother’s eyes
those freaks was right when they
said you was you was dead
the one mistake you made was
in your head
how do you sleep?
ah how do you sleep at night?
you live with straights who tell
you you was king
jum when your mamma tell
you anything
the only thing you done was
yesterday
and since you’ve gone it’s just
another day
how do you sleep?
ah how do you sleep at night?
a pretty face may last a year
or two
but pretty soon they’ll see
what you can do
the sound you make is muzak
to my ears
you must have learned
something all those years
how do you sleep?
ah how do you sleep at night?

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About Lyrics and How Do You Sleep? by John Lennon

The lyrics to How Do You Sleep? are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by John Lennon in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to How Do You Sleep? are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by John Lennon and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for How Do You Sleep? back when it was created.

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

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