Lyrics to
Midnight Wind

This version of Midnight Wind was released by The Charlie Daniels Band in 1977.

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He blew in town at midnight and he didn’t mean to stay
He found her just at closing time at the Alamo Cafe
And the way he smiled and carried on it kinda made her day
So by the time that she left he left with her
And she let him borrow money and she let him drive her car
She didn’t really trust him but she done and gone too far

When the midnight moon is shining when it’s shining down the way
If he blew in on the midnight wind he may never pass this way again

She knew down in her heart that he would only stay awhile
But sometimes she was a woman and sometimes she was a child
Then just about the time that she was learning how to smile
One Tuesday night he came up missing
And sometimes now she thinks she hears his footsteps cross the floor
But it’s just that midnight wind howling around the door

When the midnight moon is shining…
When the midnight moon is shining…

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About Lyrics and Midnight Wind by The Charlie Daniels Band

The lyrics for Midnight Wind are defined as the words making up the song released by The Charlie Daniels Band in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Midnight Wind have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Charlie Daniels Band 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 Wind by The Charlie Daniels Band 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 Wind" means the words set to the music of Midnight Wind, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Charlie Daniels Band. 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 Wind and the lyrics to Midnight Wind are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Charlie Daniels Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Midnight Wind, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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