Lyrics to
Is It Day Or Night?

This version of Is It Day Or Night? was released by The Runaways in 1976.

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I don’t like to live alone
Out on the avenue
I can’t go back to being straight
I’ve seen the gutter view

Is it day or night?
Porcupine kiss, novacaine lips
Is it day or night?
White flowers weep
In their warm dust sleep
And its dog eat dog tonight

Back door to insanity
Was ripped from their throats
Street wise hustlers and six string masters
Look cold in their over coats

Is it day or night?
Porcupine kiss, novacaine lips
Is it day or night?
White flowers weep
In their warm dust sleep
And its dog eat dog tonight

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About Lyrics and Is It Day Or Night? by The Runaways

The lyrics to Is It Day Or Night? are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Runaways in 1976. Elements of the lyrics to Is It Day Or Night? are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Runaways and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Is It Day Or Night? back when it was created.

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

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