Lyrics to
Run By Night

This version of Run By Night was released by Midnight Oil in 1978.

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I’m on the whiskey flying, and I’ll run by night
I’m on the whiskey running, and I’ll run by night
I’m on the winter cycle, shut my eyes to the bite
I’m on the winter cycle, shake my fist at the bite
I’m on the whiskey flying, and I’ll run by night
I’m on the phone to summer, so I’ll see you on the flight
My friends are at a party, playing games with the light
I hate to say I’m wrong, I just know I’m right

We all run by night

I’m on the whiskey flying, and I’ll run by night
I’m on the glaze a burning, and it burns in the light
I’m on a turning circle, turn my face from the bite
I’m on a turning circle, hear me screaming at the bite

I’m on the edge of danger, and I’ll run by night
I’m on the phone to summer, so I;ll see you on the flight
My friends are at a party, playing games with the light
I hate to say I’m wrong, I just know I’m right

We all run by night

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About Lyrics and Run By Night by Midnight Oil

When you decide to study the lyrics to Run By Night, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Midnight Oil. Some of the lyrics to Run By Night have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Midnight Oil and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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