Lyrics to
Lady Of The Night

This version of Lady Of The Night was released by Donna Summer in 1974.

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They call her the lady of the night
She’s a woman of the world
And easy-living girl with love for sale

That’s what they call her the lady of the night
No one seems to know her name
And even less about the place
From where she came

Every evening when the night is close at hand
You’ll find the lady on the Rue d’Avignon
In a half lit hotel doorway the lady advertises warmly
It’s just a job but she’ll do the best she can

Don’t try to change this lady of the night
She’s a lot like you and me
And less than what she seems to be

(She is the lady of the night)
And easy-living girl
(she is the lady of the night)
She’s a woman of the world
(she is the lady of the night)
With lots of loving for sale
(she is the lady of the night)
Lady lady of the night

Round here they call her the lady of the night
In a perfume hotel room
Shadows dance upon the wall and fade at dawn
She’s no beginner this lady of the night
Never try that funny stuff
’cause lady can be tough
Be warned!

(She is the lady of the night)
She’s a lot like you and me
(she is the lady of the night)
And never just what she seems
(she is the lady of the night)
No one seems to know her name
(she is the lady of the night)
Or the place from where she came

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Donna Summer has released many songs over the years besides Lady Of The Night. Donna Summer released songs from 1974 to 1996 spanning across albums like Lady Of The Night, Love To Love You Baby, Four Seasons Of Love, A Love Trilogy, Once Upon A Time, I Remember Yesterday, Live And More, Bad Girls, The Wanderer, Donna Summer, She Works Hard For The Money, Cats Without Claws, All Systems Go, Another Place And Time, Mistaken Identity, Christmas Spirit, and I'm A Rainbow. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Donna Summer.

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About Lyrics and Lady Of The Night by Donna Summer

The lyrics to Lady Of The Night are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Donna Summer used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to Lady Of The Night have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Donna Summer and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Lady Of The Night by Donna Summer. 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 Of The Night" means the words set to the music of Lady Of The Night, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Donna Summer. 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 Of The Night and the lyrics to Lady Of The Night are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Donna Summer who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lady Of The Night, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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