Lyrics to
I’m A Small And Lonely Light

This version of I’M A Small And Lonely Light was released by Olivia Newton-John in 1972.

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The stairs are dark and silent
The morning cold and gray
A last look at the things I knew
And slowly turn away
And as I watch the scenery unwind
My childhood slips a hundred miles behind

Leave the bus in Houston
Walk around the town
But all the strange, unfriendly faces
Seem to get me down
And in the park where little children play
I sit and watch the dying of the day

I’m a small and lonely light
A bird that’s lost in flight
And it’s too late at night to go home
I’m a tall and weary kite
A face that’s out of sight
And it’s too late at night to go home

Always had the good life
Never felt unsure
But now the good life’s not enough
There must be something more
And so I sit and shiver in the dawn
And watch the world and wait to be reborn

I’m a small and lonely light
A bird that’s lost in flight
And it’s too late at night to go home
I’m a tall and weary kite
A face that’s out of sight
And it’s too late at night to go home
Too late at night to go home
But I’ve talked too long my friend

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The lyrics for I’M A Small And Lonely Light are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by Olivia Newton-John. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to I’M A Small And Lonely Light have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for I’M A Small And Lonely Light - Olivia Newton-John and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to I’M A Small And Lonely Light by Olivia Newton-John in multiple 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 I’M A Small And Lonely Light" means the words set to the music of I’M A Small And Lonely Light, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Olivia Newton-John. 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’M A Small And Lonely Light and the lyrics to I’M A Small And Lonely Light are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Olivia Newton-John who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’M A Small And Lonely Light, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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