Lyrics to
Sleepless Nights

This version of Sleepless Nights was released by Emmylou Harris in 1975.

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Thru the sleepless nights I cry for you
And wonder who is kissing you
Oh these sleepless nights will break my heart again

Somehow thru the day I don’t give in
I hide the tears that wait until
Oh these sleepless nights will break my heart again

Why did you go why did you go
Don’t you know don’t you know I need you

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About Lyrics and Sleepless Nights by Emmylou Harris

The lyrics to Sleepless Nights are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Emmylou Harris in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Sleepless Nights are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Emmylou Harris and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Sleepless Nights back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Sleepless Nights by Emmylou Harris in a number of 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 Sleepless Nights" means the words set to the music of Sleepless Nights, 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 Sleepless Nights and the lyrics to Sleepless Nights 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 Sleepless Nights, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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