Lyrics to
I’ve Got Eyes For You

This version of I’Ve Got Eyes For You was released by Waylon Jennings in 1971.

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When I look at you I think many strange things
And it’s hard to express all of my feelings
I belong to a girl you hang around with
But I must admit I’ve got eyes for you.

I had to call and tell you just how I felt
You should know by now that
When you’re near my heart melts
I belong to a girl you hang around with
But I must admit I’ve got eyes for you.

Eyes for you, eyes for you
Yes I must admit I’ve got eyes for you.

In my sleep I call your name
No one to blame I can’t explain
And every time I see you it’s the same thing
And I try to escape from looking your way.
I belong to a girl you hang around with
But I must admit I’ve got eyes for you.

Must admit I’ve got eyes for you, mhm
I must admit I’ve got eyes for you…

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When you decide to study the lyrics to I’Ve Got Eyes For You, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by Waylon Jennings. Some of the lyrics to I’Ve Got Eyes For You have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Waylon Jennings and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to I’Ve Got Eyes For You if you take apart the structure of the words. 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’Ve Got Eyes For You" means the words set to the music of I’Ve Got Eyes For You, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Waylon Jennings. 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’Ve Got Eyes For You and the lyrics to I’Ve Got Eyes For You are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Waylon Jennings who came here looking just for the lyrics to I’Ve Got Eyes For You, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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