Lyrics to
Lady Day

This version of Lady Day was released by Rod Stewart in 1970.

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North winds have made my face a little older
and my back is bent through trying too hard
My vest is torn so I make no perfect picture
to place upon your white-washed wall
I’d like to stay but you have not asked me
Still I don’t really expect you to
Dusty boots would shame you now Lady Day
Are we really that far apart
I wish the world could see you now Lady Day
laughing down at your oldest friend
The one who shared just about all he had
in a one-sided love affair
I get scared when I remember too much

Wasted time I suppose you could say that
Strange it don’t seem that way to me
But wait a minute
I don’t even think you’re listening
Just let me tell you how I really feel
I’ve seen the inside of your heart Lady Day
when you wanted to be shown the way
I loved you then as I love ya now girl

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Rod Stewart has released many songs over the years besides Lady Day. Rod Stewart released songs from 1969 to 2005 spanning across albums like An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down, Gasoline Alley, Every Picture Tells A Story, Never A Dull Moment, Smiler, Atlantic Crossing, A Night On The Town, Foot Loose & Fancy Free, Blondes Have More Fun, Foolish Behavior, Tonight I'm Yours, Body Wishes, Camouflage, Every Beat Of My Heart, Out Of Order, Vagabond Heart, Lead Vocalist, Unplugged... And Seated, A Spanner In The Works, If We Fall In Love Tonight, When We Were The New Boys, Human, It Had To Be You... The Great American Songbook, Stardust...The Great American Songbook: Volume III, and Thanks For The Memory... The Great American Songbook: Volume IV. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Rod Stewart.

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About Lyrics and Lady Day by Rod Stewart

When you decide to study the lyrics to Lady Day, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1970 song by Rod Stewart. Some of the lyrics to Lady Day have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Rod Stewart and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Lady Day 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 Lady Day" means the words set to the music of Lady Day, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rod Stewart. 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 Lady Day and the lyrics to Lady Day are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rod Stewart who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lady Day, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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