Lyrics to
Oh Sister

This version of Oh Sister was released by Bob Dylan in 1976.

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Oh sister when I come to lie in your arms
You should not treat me like a stranger
Our Father would not like the way that you act
And you must realize the danger.

Oh sister am I not a brother to you
And one deserving of affection ?
And is our purpose not the same on this earth
To love and follow His direction ?

We grew up together
From the cradle to the grave
We died and were reborn
And then mysteriously saved.

Oh sister when I come to knock on your door
Don’t turn away you’ll create sorrow
Time is an ocean but it ends at the shore
You may not see me tomorrow.

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About Lyrics and Oh Sister by Bob Dylan

When you decide to study the lyrics to Oh Sister, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Bob Dylan. Some of the lyrics to Oh Sister have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Bob Dylan and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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