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Lonely Teardrops

This version of Lonely Teardrops was released by Blue Oyster Cult in 1979.

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Lonely teardrops, you been crying
I hear them fall
In the night the empty night
I hear your song
It goes right through me
It used to move me
(Lonely, lonely)

Lonely Paris, met a dancer
We did the stroll
Through the night the empty night
Four years ago
I thought you know me
She gave it to me
(Lonely, lonely)

I seem to see a rose
I reach out then it goes
Now in its thorns I roam
The sky is grey and I am cold
Lord I tell you, Lord I tell you
All I want to do is get back home

Lonely teardrops, we did shoot them
They came on strong
Vials of rain to kill the pain
So far from home
I thought you knew me
You did it to me
(Lonely, lonely)

Lonely teardrops, I’ve been cryin’
All week long
Love is willing but the bed is cold
Goodbye, Laurence
I thought I knew you
What good did that do
(Lonely, lonely)

I seem to see a rose
I reach out then it goes
Now in its thorns I roam
You never know until you know
Lord I ask you, Lord I beg you
All I want to do is get back home

Lonely teardrops

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The lyrics for Lonely Teardrops are defined as the words making up the song released by Blue Oyster Cult in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Lonely Teardrops have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Blue Oyster Cult and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Lonely Teardrops by Blue Oyster Cult if you think through it. 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 Lonely Teardrops" means the words set to the music of Lonely Teardrops, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Blue Oyster Cult. 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 Lonely Teardrops and the lyrics to Lonely Teardrops are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Blue Oyster Cult who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lonely Teardrops, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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