Lyrics to
Lights

This version of Lights was released by Journey in 1978.

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When the lights go down in the City
And the sun shines on the bay
I want to be there in my City
Ooh, ooh

So you think you’re lonely
Well my friend I’m lonely too
I want to get back to my City by the bay
Ooh, ooh

It’s sad, oh there’s been mornings out on the road without you,
Without your charms,
Ooh, my, my, my

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About Lyrics and Lights by Journey

The lyrics to Lights are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Journey used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Lights have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Journey 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 Lights by Journey. 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 Lights" means the words set to the music of Lights, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Journey. 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 Lights and the lyrics to Lights are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Journey who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lights, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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