Lyrics to
Jimmy Newman

This version of Jimmy Newman was released by John Denver in 1970.

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Get up Jimmy Newman, the morning is come. The engines are rumbling, the coffee’s all brewed.
Get up Jimmy Newman, there’s work to be done, and why do you lie there still sleeping?
There’s a waiting line forming to use the latrine, and the sun is just opening the skies.
The breakfast they’re serving just has to be seen, and you’ve only to open your eyes.

Get up Jimmy Newman, the radio’s on, the news is all bad, but it’s good for a laugh.
The tent flap is loose and the peg must be gone, and why do you lie there still sleeping?
The night nurse is gone and the sexy one’s here, and she tells us such beautiful lies.
Her uniform’s tight, on her marvelous rear, and you’ve only to open your eyes.

Get up Jimmy Newman, you’re missing the fun. They’re talking us next, Jim it’s time to go home.
It’s over for us, there’s no more to be done, and why do you lie there still sleeping?
It’s state side for us, Jim, the folks may not know, and we’ll let it be such a surprise.
They’re loading us next, Jim we’re ready to go, and you’ve only to open your eyes.

And you’ve only to open your eyes. Oh my God, Jimmy, open your eyes.

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About Lyrics and Jimmy Newman by John Denver

The lyrics for Jimmy Newman are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1970 song by John Denver. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Jimmy Newman 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 Jimmy Newman - John Denver 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 Jimmy Newman by John Denver 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 Jimmy Newman" means the words set to the music of Jimmy Newman, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Denver. 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 Jimmy Newman and the lyrics to Jimmy Newman are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Denver who came here looking just for the lyrics to Jimmy Newman, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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