Lyrics to
Niagara

This version of Niagara was released by Barbra Streisand in 1979.

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You look at me, so differently
Have I changed so much from who I used to be?
We’re both to wise, for alibis
We talk, but there’s so much that we don’t say
I guess I’ve gotten used to it this way
But in Niagara, you promised me the moon
And when I fell I couldn’t tell it happened all to soon
Up in Niagara, we were foolish then
Make it happen again
You hold my hand, to please my friends
But when they leave the music stops, the love song ends
And even though I’m reaching out
It feels as though there’s nothing coming in
And maybe this is how we’ve always been
But in Niagara, you took me by surprise
I knew you heard my every word, just looking in my eyes
But in Niagara, we were crazy then
Make me crazy again

Up in Niagara, we were crazy then
Make me crazy again…

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About Lyrics and Niagara by Barbra Streisand

The lyrics to Niagara are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Barbra Streisand used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Niagara have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Barbra Streisand and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Niagara by Barbra Streisand. 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 Niagara" means the words set to the music of Niagara, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barbra Streisand. 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 Niagara and the lyrics to Niagara are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barbra Streisand who came here looking just for the lyrics to Niagara, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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