Lyrics to
Sleeping

This version of Sleeping was released by The Band in 1970.

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For the life we chose in the evening we rose,
Just long enough to be lovers again.
And for nothing more, the world was too sore to live in.

Sad old ships, a morning eclipse,
I spent my whole life guessing,
Then I turned from the sun, and saw everyone searching.

The hoot owl and his song, will bring you along
Where else on earth would you wanna go?
We can leave all this hate, before it’s too late
Why would we wanna come back at all?

Cobwebs on my pillow, I’m found in the willow,
I’d spend my whole life sleeping.
To be called by noon is to be called too soon today.

The storm is passed, there is peace at last,
I’ll spend my whole life sleeping.
Now there’s not a sound, no one to be found anywhere.

The shepherd and his sheep, will wind you to sleep,
Where else on earth would you wanna go?
To a land of wonder, when you go under,
Why would we want to come back at all?

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About Lyrics and Sleeping by The Band

The lyrics for Sleeping are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1970 song by The Band. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Sleeping 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 Sleeping - The Band 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 Sleeping by The Band 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 Sleeping" means the words set to the music of Sleeping, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Band. 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 Sleeping and the lyrics to Sleeping are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sleeping, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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