Lyrics to
London

This version of London was released by Willie Nelson in 1972.

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The streets are dark and quiet at London, after midnight.
Listen…
The silence is the master of darkness, and London can sleep tonight,
protected by the master.
London… London…
You scream the largest portion of the day
London… London…
Rest your lungs, tomorrow’s on its way.

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Willie Nelson has released many songs over the years besides London. Willie Nelson released songs from 1962 to 2005 spanning across albums like And Then I Wrote, Here's Willie Nelson, Country Willie - His Own Songs, Country Favorites - Willie Nelson Style, The Party's Over And Other Great Willie Nelson Songs, Make Way For Willie Nelson, Good Times, My Own Peculiar Way, Both Sides Now, Laying My Burdens Down, Yesterday's Wine, Willie Nelson And Family, The Words Don't Fit The Picture, The Willie Way, Shotgun Willie, and Countryman. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Willie Nelson.

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About Lyrics and London by Willie Nelson

The lyrics to London are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Willie Nelson in 1972. Elements of the lyrics to London are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Willie Nelson and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for London back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to London by Willie Nelson 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 London" means the words set to the music of London, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Willie Nelson. 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 London and the lyrics to London are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Willie Nelson who came here looking just for the lyrics to London, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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