Lyrics to
Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over)

This version of Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’S Over) was released by Barbra Streisand in 1975.

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(Uh…Ah…Uh…Please shake me baby!)
All through this long and sleepless night
I hear my neighbors talking
(He don’t love ‘er)
Sayin’ right out of my life
Into another’s arms
He’ll soon be walkin’
(Soon be walkin’)
Somebody shake me (Shake me)
Wake me (Wake me)
When it’s over (When it’s over)
Somebody tell me (Tell me)
Am I dreaming? (Dreaming)
When it’s over (When it’s over)
They say our love ain’t
What it used to be
And everyone knows but me
I close my eyes not wanting to hear
But the words are loud and clear
(Ah ah ah ah!)
Through these walls so thin
I hear my neighbors when
They said don’t love ‘er
(He don’t love ‘er)
They say my heart’s in danger
Cause you’re leaving me
For the love of a stranger
(Love of a stranger)
Somebody shake me (Shake me)
Wake me (Wake me)
When it’s over (When it’s over)
Somebody tell me (Tell me)
Am I dreaming? (Dreaming)
When it’s over (When it’s over)
You’re just what my heart desires
My whole world you inspire
I can’t bear I think I’m losing you
Cause I’ve loved you my whole life through
Through these walls so thin
I hear my neighbors when
They said he don’t love ‘er
(He don’t love ‘er)
Oh no!
They say my heart’s in danger
Cause you’re leaving me
For the love of a stranger
(Love of a stranger)
Somebody shake me (Wake me)
Oh Shake me(Wake me)
Shake me (Shake me) Shake me (Shake me)
Shake me (Shake me)
Oh somebody Wake me)
When it’s over (When it’s over)
Somebody tell me (Tell me)
Am I dreaming? (Dreaming)
When it’s over (When it’s over)
Somebody wake me(Shake me)
Wake me shake me(Shake me)
Wake me shake me(Wake me)
When it’s over (When it’s over)
(Wake me shake me)
Shake me somebody
Tell me that I’m dreaming…

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The lyrics to Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’S Over) are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Barbra Streisand used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’S Over) have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Barbra Streisand and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’S Over) by Barbra Streisand. 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 Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’S Over)" means the words set to the music of Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’S Over), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barbra Streisand. 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 Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’S Over) and the lyrics to Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’S Over) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barbra Streisand who came here looking just for the lyrics to Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’S Over), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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