Lyrics to
Last Night

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Last night
You know you really really
made me appreciate my life
When you took me to the seventh floor
And closed the door
I didn’t stand a chance
Oh oh that night
When my conscience was losing
in that age old fight
Now I’ve always been a non-believer
A true deceiver
A hit and run romance

Don’t you know that when we turned out the light
We were riding on the crest of a tidal wave
Like we were ships in the night
Going nowhere

Last night
When the feeling was missing
but the mood was right
From the moment we took the floor
I knew for sure
We’d play the parts we’re expected to
I’ve done it so many times

Man we’re all inmates of the human zoo
Our bodies in control of our minds
I played the jester and you played the fool
You kept forgetting your lines
I had to prompt you with a bourbon or two
Huh, you planned to come all the time

But when we turned out the light
We were riding on the crest of a tidal wave
Like we were ships in the night
Going nowhere (nowhere)

Oh last night
You know you really really
gave me something to write about
In the morning it was just the same
I’d lost again
But it won’t take me long to forget
Oh oh last night

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10Cc has released many songs over the years besides Last Night. 10Cc released songs from 1973 to 1995 spanning across albums like 10cc, Sheet Music, The Original Soundtrack, How Dare You!, Deceptive Bends, Bloody Tourists, Look Hear?, Ten Out Of 10, Windows In The Jungle, ...Meanwhile, and Mirror Mirror. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by 10Cc.

About Lyrics and Last Night by 10Cc

The lyrics to Last Night are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by 10Cc in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Last Night are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by 10Cc and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Last 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 Last Night by 10Cc 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 Last Night" means the words set to the music of Last Night, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by 10Cc. 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 Last Night and the lyrics to Last Night are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of 10Cc who came here looking just for the lyrics to Last Night, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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