Lyrics to
Skylark

This version of Skylark was released by Bette Midler in 1973.

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Skylark, have you anything to say to me?
Can you tell me where my love may be?
Is there a meadow in the mist
where he’s just waiting to be kissed?

Skylark, have you seen a valley green with spring
where my heart can go a journeying
over the shadows and the rain
to a blossom covered lane?

And in your lonely flight have you heard the music?
In the night, wonderful music.
Faint as a will-o’-the-wisp, crazy as a loon,
sad as a gypsy serenading the moon.

Oh, skylark, I don’t know, I don’t know
if you can find these things,
but my heart, my heart is riding on your wings.
So if you see them anywhere
won’t you lead me there?

Oh, won’t you lead me there?
Lead me there, lead me there.
Lead me there, skylark, skylark, skylark, there . . .

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About Lyrics and Skylark by Bette Midler

The lyrics to Skylark are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Bette Midler used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to Skylark have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Bette Midler 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 Skylark by Bette Midler. 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 Skylark" means the words set to the music of Skylark, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bette Midler. 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 Skylark and the lyrics to Skylark are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bette Midler who came here looking just for the lyrics to Skylark, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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