Lyrics to
Put Out The Light

This version of Put Out The Light was released by Joe Cocker in 1974.

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Why should I worry when I know you’re loving me
Why should I care when there’s joy everywhere
Why can’t I see the beauty of the life

Somebody I trusted, trusted
Somebody I knew quite well
Somebody I loved

But please don’t put out the light
Put out the light, turn the day into night
Put out the light, put out light
Turn the day into night, turn the day into night
Hey, hey, hey, yeah

I got this good old melody
I think it’s makin’ me blue only
Then I hear the symphony
That’s what I get and
That’s what’s been taken out, the best of me

Hey, hey, hey, yeah
Hey, hey, hey, yeah

Why should I hurry? I do the best I can
Do what I do and I hope you understand
Why can’t I see the beauty of the life?

Somebody I trusted
Somebody I knew quite well
Somebody I loved

But please don’t put out the light
Put out the light, turn the day into night
Turn the day into night, put out light
Put out the light, turn the day into night
Hey, hey, hey, yeah

Please don’t, somebody I trusted
Somebody I knew quite well
Somebody I loved

But please don’t
please don’t put out the light
Put out the light
Hey, hey, hey, yeah

Put out the light, don’t put out the light, yeah
Put out the light, don’t put out the light, yeah
Put out the light, don’t put out the light, yeah
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About Lyrics and Put Out The Light by Joe Cocker

When you decide to study the lyrics to Put Out The Light, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Joe Cocker. Some of the lyrics to Put Out The Light have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Joe Cocker and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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