Lyrics to
Prisoner In Disguise

This version of Prisoner In Disguise was released by Linda Ronstadt in 1975.

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You think the love you never had might save you
But true love takes a little time
You can touch it with your fingers
And try to believe your eyes
Is it love or lies

So you’re keeping your distance
A little bit of room around you
But if he doesn’t return your call on time
Oh my my
You just act like a fool on a holiday
There’s nothing that you wouldn’t try
You must be a prisoner in disguise

Well this night life is my life
But there’s no one else in it
And sometimes those lonesome breezes blow
But it’s no show so you might as well go
If you think you could win it
Without losing and letting it show

The city is no place to hide in
Everybody knows your number
And you know that you could never be alone if you tried
You just run like a man with no reason to run
And no place to ever arrive

You must be a prisoner
Look just like a prisoner
Well you must be a prisoner in disguise

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Linda Ronstadt has released many songs over the years besides Prisoner In Disguise. Linda Ronstadt released songs from 1969 to 2004 spanning across albums like Hand Sown... Home Grown, Silk Purse, Linda Ronstadt, Don't Cry Now, Heart Like A Wheel, Prisoner In Disguise, Hasten Down The Wind, Simple Dreams, Living In The USA, Mad Love, Get Closer, What's New, Lush Life, For Sentimental Reasons, Canciones De Mi Padre, Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind, Mas Canciones, Frenesi, Winter Light, Feels Like Home, Dedicated To The One I Love, We Ran, and Hummin' To Myself. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Linda Ronstadt.

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Prisoner In Disguise, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1975 song by Linda Ronstadt. Some of the lyrics to Prisoner In Disguise have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Linda Ronstadt and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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