Lyrics to
Magnolia

This version of Magnolia was released by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers in 1978.

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From a table across the room
She was signaling me with her eyes
I walked over to be introduced
I said hello, she just smiled
And said I know a place not too far from here
Where we could get away for a while
Yeah, that’s when she kissed me and told me her name
I never did tell her mine

Magnolia
I remember the smell of the wind so sweet
Magnolia
And I know that she’s out there somewhere in the world
She’s forgotten me but I remember her
Magnolia

Well her lips were as warm
As that wet southern night
Her eyes were as black as the sky
And I wondered aloud
Just what I had done right
As I lay there with her by my side
Then she took hold my hand
As she looked up at me
And said now I must tell you goodbye
And there in the moonlight
As I watched her leave
I felt a chill down inside

Magnolia
I remember the smell of the wind so sweet
Magnolia
And I know that she’s out there somewhere in the world
She’s forgotten me but I remember her
Magnolia

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The lyrics for Magnolia are defined as the words making up the song released by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Magnolia have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 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 Magnolia by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 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 Magnolia" means the words set to the music of Magnolia, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers. 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 Magnolia and the lyrics to Magnolia are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers who came here looking just for the lyrics to Magnolia, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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