Lyrics to
My Sweet Lord

This version of My Sweet Lord was released by Nina Simone in 1972.

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Hallelujah,
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah,

Oh, my Lord, (Hallelujah)
I really want to see you (Hallelujah)
I’ve got to see you (Hallelujah)
I really want to see you,
But it takes so long, my Lord (Hallelujah)
Oh, my Lord, (Hallelujah)
My sweet Lord (Hallelujah)
My, my Lord (Hallelujah)
I really wana to see you, (Hallelujah)
Really wana to see you, (Hallelujah)
Really wana to see you,
But it takes too long, my Lord (Hallelujah)
I will wait all my life for you
So you gotta? through (Hallelujah)
I really wana to see you now, (Hallelujah)
I’ve got to see with you (Hallelujah)
I’ve got to see with you (Hallelujah)
I really want to see you,
But it takes so long, my Lord
Oh, my Lord
My, my sweet Lord
My sweet Lord
My sweet Lord
My sweet Lord
I really want to see you,
I really want to see you,
I really want to see you,
I wanna see you,
I wanna see you,
But it takes so long, my Lord
Oh, my Lord
I really wanna see you, let’s go
I really wanna see you, oh yeah, oh yeah
I really wanna see you,
I really wanna see you,
I really wanna see you,
But it takes me too long, my Lord
Oh, my Lord
My sweet Lord
Sunday night (My Lord)
Hope this time I’ll see ya (My Lord)
Don’t you know I need ya (My Lord)
Don’t you know I want you (My Lord)
Don’t you know I need you (My Lord)

I wanna see you, yes, I do
I wanna see you, yes, I do
I wanna see you, yes, I do

I have to see you, yes, I do
I have to see you, yes, I do
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About Lyrics and My Sweet Lord by Nina Simone

When you decide to study the lyrics to My Sweet Lord, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by Nina Simone. Some of the lyrics to My Sweet Lord have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Nina Simone and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to My Sweet Lord if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Sweet Lord" means the words set to the music of My Sweet Lord, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Nina Simone. 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 Sweet Lord and the lyrics to My Sweet Lord are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Nina Simone who came here looking just for the lyrics to My Sweet Lord, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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