Lyrics to
Nightwatch

This version of Nightwatch was released by Kenny Loggins in 1978.

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In the night, when a mist of sleep surrounds me
You come to me and hold me tight, winding your body all around me
And everywhere you touch I feel, that my love for you is much too real
Oh, it’s the same damn thing, wanting you in my dreams
It’s the same damn thing, wanting you in my dreams

Sleepwalkin’ – I know every move you make, and every word I say
Keep it comin’, comin’ – comin’ on stronger, this time I’m going all the way
Is this moment just a fantasy, or a vision of what will be
Oh, it’s the same damn thing, wanting you in my dreams
Every night the same thing, wanting you in my dreams
(Dreams fade away)

I better find you in my days, or I’m losin’ you to the nights
It’s the same thing – every night
It’s the same thing – oh, you’re so right
It’s the same thing – wanting you

And tonight, evening’s shadows are sure to find me
On my nightwatch, waiting for the warmth of you beside me
And every second that you’re here I feel, this dream is real
And it’s the same damn thing, it’s the same thing
It’s the same damn thing, wanting you in my dreams, dreams

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Kenny Loggins has released many songs over the years besides Nightwatch. Kenny Loggins released songs from 1976 to 2007 spanning across albums like Celebrate Me Home, Nightwatch, Keep The Fire, High Adventure, Vox Humana, Back To Avalon, Leap Of Faith, Return To Pooh Corner, The Unimaginable Life, December, More Songs From Pooh Corner, The Essential Kenny Loggins, It's About Time, and How About Now. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Kenny Loggins.

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About Lyrics and Nightwatch by Kenny Loggins

The lyrics to Nightwatch are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Kenny Loggins used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Nightwatch have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Kenny Loggins 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 Nightwatch by Kenny Loggins. 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 Nightwatch" means the words set to the music of Nightwatch, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Kenny Loggins. 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 Nightwatch and the lyrics to Nightwatch are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Kenny Loggins who came here looking just for the lyrics to Nightwatch, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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