Lyrics to
Midnight Dreamer

This version of Midnight Dreamer was released by Journey in 1976.

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All alone through the countryside
Clouds in my brain, vision in my eyes
Thoughts are on the wall
Like oceans on the sand
Midnight dreamer, take me if you can

You can’t deny, it seems so easy to do
But women trade in black
And now she’s sinning on you
Giving you my heart, there’s nothin’ you can do
Midnight lover, I’m in love with you

She’s my midnight lover, wild and fancy free
Standing in the shadows in the palace of my dreams
You’re a pretty thing, like fire from the sun
You’ve got to catch her while she’s shining before the morning comes
Aah, aah, aah

Could this be a dream?
Dream on, dream on, dream on

Aah, aah, aah

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About Lyrics and Midnight Dreamer by Journey

The lyrics to Midnight Dreamer are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Journey used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Midnight Dreamer 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 Midnight Dreamer 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 Midnight Dreamer" means the words set to the music of Midnight Dreamer, 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 Midnight Dreamer and the lyrics to Midnight Dreamer 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 Midnight Dreamer, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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