Lyrics to
Midnight Ravers

This version of Midnight Ravers was released by Bob Marley in 1973.

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Do-do-do. Do-do-do. Do-do-do.
(You can’t tell the woman from the man)
No, I say you can’t, ’cause they’re dressed in the same pollution;
(dressed in the same pollution)
Their mind is confused with confusion
With their problems since they’ve no solution:
They become the midnight ravers.

Someone say:
(Please, don’t let me down!)
Oh, please, don’t let me – ee-ya-bab, oh, please don’t let me down!
(Midnight) Midnight ravers! (ravers) Midnight ravers!
(Please don’t) Oh, please, please,
don’t let me down, down, down, down, down!
Don’t let me down;
Don’t let me down.

I see ten thousand chariots (ah-ah-ah-ah)
And they coming without horses; (coming without horses)
The riders – they cover their face, (ah-ah-ah-ah)
So you couldn’t make them out in smoky place –
(make them out in smoky places)
In that musical stampede, where everyone is doing their thing.
Musical stampede – people swingin’;
Musical stampede. Someone say:
People, ride on! (keep a-ridin’!)
(keep a-ridin’!) Ride on!
(keep a-ridin’!) Midnight ravers!
People, ride on! (keep a-ridin’!)
(keep a-ridin’!) Ride on!
(keep a-ridin’!) Midnight ravers!

I can’t tell my woman from the man:
She is dressed in the same pollution; (dressed in the same pollution)
Her mind is confused with confusion:
To my problem seems there’s never – never no solution!

I’ve become a night-life raver
And I’m beggin’ you, (please) please, please –
oh, beel-ya-ba-ba – please don’t ya let me down!

(Night-life ravers) Night-life ravers! Night-life ravers!
Oh, please, please, please, please, don’t let me down.
Don’t let me down;
Don’t let me down!

I see ten thousand chariots (ah-ah-ah-ah)
And they coming without horses; (coming without horses)
The riders they cover their face, (ah-ah-ah-ah)
So you couldn’t make them out in smoky place –
In that musical stampede, oh!
It’s the musical stampede. Ride on!
It’s the musical stampede, some preacher say!
People ride on! (keep a-ridin’!)
(keep a-ridin’!) Ride on!
(keep a-ridin’!) Midnight ravers!
A-ride on! (keep a-ridin’!)
(keep a-ridin’!) Ride on!
(keep a-ridin’!) Midnight ravers!
Ride on, y’all! (keep a-ridin’!)
(keep a-ridin’!) Ride on!
(keep a-ridin’!) Midnight ravers!
Ride on! (keep a-ridin’!)
(keep a-ridin’!) Don’t let me down, midnight ravers!
(keep a-ridin’!)
Midnight ravers, don’t let me down! (keep a-ridin’!)
Don’t let me down – don’t let me down! (keep a-ridin’!)
Well, I’m comin’!
I got too much talkin’.

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About Lyrics and Midnight Ravers by Bob Marley

The lyrics for Midnight Ravers are defined as the words making up the song released by Bob Marley in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Midnight Ravers have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Bob Marley 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 Midnight Ravers by Bob Marley 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 Midnight Ravers" means the words set to the music of Midnight Ravers, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Marley. 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 Ravers and the lyrics to Midnight Ravers are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Marley who came here looking just for the lyrics to Midnight Ravers, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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