Lyrics to
Silent Lover

This version of Silent Lover was released by Boney M in 1977.

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Silent lover, secret lover, run for cover
When my man’s in town
You never been a shy one
You really are a sly one yes sire, yes sire, oh
Coming right out of hiding
Slipping right in and sliding, down to me, oh baby oh
And when it’s time for worryin’
You’re doing what you’re doing, gracefully, oh baby
When you took me into your arms and shook me
To the core, oh yeah…

Silent lover, secret lover, run for cover
When my man’s in town
Silent lover, secret lover, run for cover
When my man’s in town

Oh I guess you really change me
You sort of rearrange me more and more, oh baby yeah…
Each day you come on stronger
I know you really longer
What’s the score, what’s the score, alright
And I know you’re much too clever,
Just to go run forever
No, not you, oh baby
You’re like a wind wing rover
Just like a wind wing rover, passing through, oh yeah…
And one day you’ll say
No use to keep on saying, name the truth, oh baby

Silent lover, secret lover, run for cover
When my man’s in town
Silent lover, secret lover, run for cover
When my man’s in town

You never been a shy one
You really are a sly one yes sire, oh baby
Coming right out of hiding
Slipping right in and sliding, down to me, oh yeah…
Oh…and when it’s time for worryin’
You’re doing what you’re doing, gracefully, gracefully
Oh you took me into your arms and shook me
To the score, to a score
Oh I guess you really change me
You sort of rearrange me more and more, oh…yeah…

Silent lover, secret lover, run for cover
When my man’s in town

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About Lyrics and Silent Lover by Boney M

When you decide to study the lyrics to Silent Lover, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Boney M. Some of the lyrics to Silent Lover have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Boney M and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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