Lyrics to
Open Your Eyes

This version of Open Your Eyes was released by The Doobie Brothers in 1978.

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Girl, as we take a long last look at this love
Before you go, I’ve got to know
I’ve got to know, was it ever true
I’ve got to hear it from you
Girl, I can take one more hurt in this heart
Before you go, I’ve got to know
I’ve got to know, was it ever true
I’ve got to hear it from you

Not like before
We were lost in a whirling dance
Never slowing down
Long enough to give truth a chance
To come out
So that the light could shine in

And open your eyes
If it’s not real, there’s no reason to frown
Open your eyes
Let’s not let what never was bring us down

I’ve got to know, was it ever true
I’ve got to hear it from you

Not like before
We were lost in a whirling dance
Never slowing down
Long enough to give truth a chance
To come out
So that the light could shine in

And open your eyes
If it’s not real, there’s no reason to frown
Open your eyes
Let’s not let what never was bring us down…

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About Lyrics and Open Your Eyes by The Doobie Brothers

The lyrics for Open Your Eyes are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by The Doobie Brothers. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Open Your Eyes 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 Open Your Eyes - The Doobie Brothers 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 Open Your Eyes by The Doobie Brothers 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 Open Your Eyes" means the words set to the music of Open Your Eyes, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Doobie Brothers. 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 Open Your Eyes and the lyrics to Open Your Eyes are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Doobie Brothers who came here looking just for the lyrics to Open Your Eyes, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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