Lyrics to
Nightingale

This version of Nightingale was released by Eagles in 1972.

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I’m hanging on to my peace of mind
I just don’t know
I’m hanging on to those good times, baby
Just want to let them roll
I’m gonna make it to the light and joy
I’ll tell you why
I got a woman who can take me there
the apple of my eye
oh, I just don’t know, no no, no, no
I love her so
Don’t let me see that morning paper
cause I don’t need those dues
it’s just the same old murder movie
but they call it the news
I’ll tell you what would be some story
and what would set me free
Is if the same thing happened to everybody
that just happened to me, oh,
I just don’t know, no, no, no, no
I’ll never let her go
Every time I hear somebody sneakin’
up behind whoa, I turn around
but I still hear that sound
and just when I’m about to lose my mind
Here comes my baby
singing like a nightingale
Coming my way down along that devastation
trail well tell the Lord above
she’s got a brand of love
that cannot fail
I’m hanging on to my peace of mind
that’s no lie
I’m hanging on to my special friend
the apple of my eye
my inspiration, too
she’s got a lead on my heart and
my soul and she knows just what to do
oh, I just don’t know, no ,no, no, no
No, I get so low, and my mind’s about to go
but wait a minute, here comes my baby
singing like a nightingale
coming my way down along that devastation
trail
Well, let the fires burn, let the
floods return
we will prevail
Hanging on to my peace of mind
I just don’t know

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The lyrics for Nightingale are defined as the words making up the song released by Eagles in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Nightingale have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Eagles and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Nightingale by Eagles if you think through it. 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 Nightingale" means the words set to the music of Nightingale, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Eagles. 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 Nightingale and the lyrics to Nightingale are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Eagles who came here looking just for the lyrics to Nightingale, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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