Lyrics to
On A Foggy Night

This version of On A Foggy Night was released by Tom Waits in 1975.

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on a foggy night, an abandoned road
in a twilight mirror mirage
with no indication of a service station
or an all night garage, I was misinformed
I was misdirected cause the interchange
never intersected leaving me marooned
beneath a bloodshot moon
all upon a foggy night, on a foggy night
an abandoned road, in a blurred brocade
collage, is that a road motel?
I can’t really tell, is that what you
might call some kind of a vacancy lodge
cause there’s no consolation, what
kind of situation to be aimlessly skewed
amidst a powder blue?
no tell tail light clue
spun like the spell you spin
this precarious pandemonium
I’m stranded, all upon a foggy night
all upon a foggy night
on a foggy night

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About Lyrics and On A Foggy Night by Tom Waits

The lyrics for On A Foggy Night are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Tom Waits. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to On A Foggy Night 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 On A Foggy Night - Tom Waits 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 On A Foggy Night by Tom Waits 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 On A Foggy Night" means the words set to the music of On A Foggy Night, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Tom Waits. 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 On A Foggy Night and the lyrics to On A Foggy Night are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Tom Waits who came here looking just for the lyrics to On A Foggy Night, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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