Lyrics to
Night In The City

This version of Night In The City was released by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) in 1977.

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Standin’ at the airport lookin’ down the strip,
she was cryin’ her eyes, she was bitin’ her lip.
Seven-four-seven just left from gate eleven
and there’s no turnin’ round ‘cos it’s just leavin’ the ground
and gettin’ higher HIGHER.

Standin’ at the dock-side lookin’ out to sea
when I saw her but she did not see me.
There she stood with no hope because she’d missed the boat
and as her dreams sailed away she headed back for the day,
back to the city CITY.

Night in the city, o-o-oh,
madness at mid-mid-mid-midnight,
night in the city drivin’ you insane.

In the city CITY

Night in the city, o-o-oh,
madness at mid-mid-mid-midnight,
night in the city drivin’ you insane.

I was runnin’ kinda lonely at the city place.
I waited for an hour, I never saw her face.
Crazy ladies that wait and slide around like a snake.
I just can’t take anymore, I’m going in through the door
into the city CITY.

I’ll get you, yes, I’m gonna get you,
I’ll get you, yes, I’m gonna get you,
I’ll get you, yes, I’m gonna get you,
I’ll get you, yes, I’m gonna get you,
I’ll get you, yes, I’m gonna get you,
I’ll get you, yes, I’m gonna get you,
drivin’ you insane.

Night in the city, o-o-oh,
madness at mid-mid-mid-midnight,
night in the city drivin’ you insane,
drivin’ you insane,
drivin’ you insane.

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About Lyrics and Night In The City by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo)

The lyrics for Night In The City are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo). Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Night In The City 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 Night In The City - Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) 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 Night In The City by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) 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 Night In The City" means the words set to the music of Night In The City, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo). 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 Night In The City and the lyrics to Night In The City are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) who came here looking just for the lyrics to Night In The City, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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