Lyrics to
Miss Misery

This version of Miss Misery was released by Nazareth in 1975.

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Since you came into my life
It’s the same old situation
Empty days and lonely nights
Filled with bitterness and frustration.

Walking lonely in the cold
Tryin’ to find the answer
Spend my money on a crystal ball
And the charms of a gypsy dancer.
Tryin’ to break the spell you hold on me

You’re miss misery
That song you lay on me
Set me free, set me free
Please, please, please

Everyday is filled with shame
My nights are filled with anger
Hollow lies, forced denial
If you told the truth I can’t remember.

You know I’ve got to find my way
Got to find a reason
Got to find your weakness
So I can end your witchin’ season.
Got to break the spell you hold on me

Can’t think how I got myself
Caught up in this nightmare
Evil schemes, midnight screams
Come on somebody listen to my prayer

I’d give all I’ve got to give
Just to find my way out
Got it going but I can’t let go
I’m trapped on this crazy ’round about
Tryin’ to break the spell you hold on me

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Nazareth has released many songs over the years besides Miss Misery. Nazareth released songs from 1971 to 1998 spanning across albums like Nazareth, Excercises, Razamanaz, Loud 'N' Proud, Rampant, Hair Of The Dog, Play 'N' The Game, Close Enough For Rock 'N' Roll, Expect No Mercy, No Mean City, Malice In Wonderland, The Fool Circle, 2XS, Sound Elixir, The Catch, Cinema, Snakes 'N' Ladders, No Jive, From The Vaults, Move Me, and Boogaloo. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Nazareth.

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About Lyrics and Miss Misery by Nazareth

The lyrics for Miss Misery are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Nazareth. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Miss Misery have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Miss Misery - Nazareth and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Miss Misery by Nazareth in multiple ways. 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 Miss Misery" means the words set to the music of Miss Misery, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Nazareth. 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 Miss Misery and the lyrics to Miss Misery are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Nazareth who came here looking just for the lyrics to Miss Misery, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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