Lyrics to
Sleep On It

This version of Sleep On It was released by Chaka Khan in 1978.

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(We’ve got to) Sleep on it
Everything’s gonna be alright
If we just sleep on it
Everything’s gonna be alright

Tonight there will be no more quarrelling
We’ll shut out the lights, close our eyes
I don’t know how this started
I don’t know why we fight
I’ll appologize for all the unkind things
I said to you
Why can’t I see what’s right for me
Might not be right for you

People are gonna think
What they what to think
Feel what they want to feel
I don’t wanna see you cry
I don’t wanna see you compromise
The things that shine
The brightest in your eyes
Hold on to your dreams
Hold on to them tight

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About Lyrics and Sleep On It by Chaka Khan

The lyrics for Sleep On It are defined as the words making up the song released by Chaka Khan in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Sleep On It have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Chaka Khan and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Sleep On It by Chaka Khan if you think through it. 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 Sleep On It" means the words set to the music of Sleep On It, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chaka Khan. 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 Sleep On It and the lyrics to Sleep On It are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chaka Khan who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sleep On It, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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