Lyrics to
Sister’s Coming Home

This version of Sister’S Coming Home was released by Emmylou Harris in 1979.

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Sister’s comin’ home
Mama gonna let her sleep the whole day long
The whole day long
Sister’s comin’ home
Mama gonna let her sleep the whole day long

Sister’s comin’ home
Mama don’t like the man that done her wrong
That done her wrong
Sister’s coming home
Mama don’t like the man that done her wrong

Down at the local beer joint
Dancin’ to the rock’ n’ roll
Sister’s like to do it, Lord
Sister’s like to move her soul

Down at the local beer joint
Dancin’ on the hardwood floor
Her jeans fit a little bit tighter
Than they did before
Than they did before
Her jeans fit a little bit tighter
Than they did before

She likes to move her soul
She likes to move her soul
Sister likes to do it, Lord
Sister likes to move her soul

Sister’s comin’ home
Mama don’t like the man that done her wrong
That done her wrong
Sister’s coming home
Mama don’t like the man that done her wrong
And the mirror’s gonna tell her
How long she’s been gone

Sister’s comin’ home

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About Lyrics and Sister’S Coming Home by Emmylou Harris

The lyrics for Sister’S Coming Home are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Emmylou Harris. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Sister’S Coming Home have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Sister’S Coming Home - Emmylou Harris and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Sister’S Coming Home by Emmylou Harris in multiple ways. 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 Sister’S Coming Home" means the words set to the music of Sister’S Coming Home, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Emmylou Harris. 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 Sister’S Coming Home and the lyrics to Sister’S Coming Home are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Emmylou Harris who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sister’S Coming Home, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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