Lyrics to
My Lovin’ Eyes

This version of My Lovin’ Eyes was released by Carole King in 1974.

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It’s hard enough to hear you
Express your sympathy
But it’s harder still to feel the things
My eyes refuse to see

Oh, my lovin’ eyes
When you look upon them, darlin’, like you do
You bring these tears into
My lovin’ eyes

I watch you take my self-respect
Accepting each excuse
When I’ve never seen the reason
For your moods or your abuse

Oh, my lovin’ eyes
They hold you like the heavens hold the sun
But look what you’ve done to
My lovin’ eyes

Like a man whose way is righteous
His faith in life resigned
I’m a child whose eyes are sightless
And my faith in you is truly blind

It’s sad to think of living
As pain that we must feel
But it’s sadder still to think of love
As something you conceal

Oh, my lovin’ eyes
When you look upon them, darlin’, like you do
You bring these tears into
My lovin’ eyes

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About Lyrics and My Lovin’ Eyes by Carole King

The lyrics for My Lovin’ Eyes are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by Carole King. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to My Lovin’ Eyes 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 My Lovin’ Eyes - Carole King 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 My Lovin’ Eyes by Carole King 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 My Lovin’ Eyes" means the words set to the music of My Lovin’ Eyes, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carole King. 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 My Lovin’ Eyes and the lyrics to My Lovin’ Eyes are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carole King who came here looking just for the lyrics to My Lovin’ Eyes, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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