Lyrics to
Leavin’ In The Morning

This version of Leavin’ In The Morning was released by Barry Manilow in 1978.

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I tried to tell you there’s trouble on the way
I lost the feling that I once had
But when I held you there was nothing I could say
I couldn’t bare to see you hurt so bad

So I’ll be leaving in the morning
Wishing that I could stay
And though I’ll miss you every morning
It’s the only way
So I’ll be leaving in the morning
But how can I tell you why
I never gave you any warning
And now I don’t know how to say goodbye

I tried to tell you there was something that I miss
Something I couldn’t dare to find with you
But I was blinded by your love every time we kissed
Afraid I never find a love so true

So I’ll be leaving in the morning
But how can I tell you why
I never gave you any warning
And now I don’t know how to say goodbye

I waited too long but now I see
It’s no good for you, it’s no good for me
You can’t see it now
But one day you’ll know I just had to go
Oh, oh, oh, oh

So I’ll be leaving in the morning
Wishing that I could stay
And though I’ll miss you every morning
It’s the only way
So I’ll be leaving in the morning
But how can I tell you why
I never gave you any warning

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About Lyrics and Leavin’ In The Morning by Barry Manilow

When you decide to study the lyrics to Leavin’ In The Morning, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Barry Manilow. Some of the lyrics to Leavin’ In The Morning have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Barry Manilow and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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