Lyrics to
I Wish You Would

This version of I Wish You Would was released by David Bowie in 1973.

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Early in the morning by the break of day
That’s when my baby went away
Come back baby I wish you would
This crying and grieving
won’t do me no good

Hugging and a-kissing, late at night
You know pretty baby it feels just right
Come back baby what you’re trying to do?
Turning on me and some other men too

Come back baby give me one more chance
You know I still love
you gonna give you romance
Yeah, romance all night long
In my arms, oh yeah

Hey pretty baby I love you so
You know pretty baby it hurts me to see you go
Oh yeah

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About Lyrics and I Wish You Would by David Bowie

The lyrics to I Wish You Would are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that David Bowie used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to I Wish You Would have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only David Bowie 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 I Wish You Would by David Bowie. 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 I Wish You Would" means the words set to the music of I Wish You Would, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by David Bowie. 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 I Wish You Would and the lyrics to I Wish You Would are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of David Bowie who came here looking just for the lyrics to I Wish You Would, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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