Lyrics to
Perfect Day

This version of Perfect Day was released by Chris De Burgh in 1977.

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Oh Lord, I’m tired, it’s time to go to bed,
Way, after midnight, and the wine’s gone to my head,
Lying here upon the shore just listening to the waves,
And it’s been a perfect day.

Packed up a picnic and set off for the sea,
Taking all the back roads where no-one else would be,
My and you and Paul and Sue,
How we laughed the time away,
And we had a perfect day.
I brought along my old guitar,
And lying there beneath the stars,
We sang all the Beatle songs we knew,
Lord you should have heard those harmonies,
When we did Nowhere Man and Let It Be…
My love, if we should break up,
Should we ever part,
And you’re searching for some memory,
To help your aching heart,
Forget about the hurtful things,
That lovers often say,
And remember this perfect day.
Then people start coming around the fire,
And I was strumming at my old guitar,
Trying to think of something everybody knew,
And then you said “though it’s far away,
A Christmas song would really make my day.”
And everbody sang…
And all I really want to do,
Is sing songs for you,
Then it’s been a perfect day,
Yes it’s been a perfect day.

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About Lyrics and Perfect Day by Chris De Burgh

The lyrics for Perfect Day are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Chris De Burgh. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Perfect Day 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 Perfect Day - Chris De Burgh 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 Perfect Day by Chris De Burgh 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 Perfect Day" means the words set to the music of Perfect Day, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chris De Burgh. 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 Perfect Day and the lyrics to Perfect Day are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chris De Burgh who came here looking just for the lyrics to Perfect Day, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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