Lyrics to
Sneaky Feelings

This version of Sneaky Feelings was released by Elvis Costello in 1977.

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Now everybody’s breakin’ up somebody else’s home,
before somebody else starts breaking up their own.
I get you in my dreams.
You should hear the things you say.
I’s not that it’s so much fun,
but it’s safer that way.
Sneaky feeling, sneaky feelings,
you can’t let those kind of feeling show.
I’d like to get right through the way I feel for you,
but I’ve still got a long way to go.
Why don’t we call it a day, and we can both confess.
You can force me to use a little tenderness.
White lies, alibis, anything but say that it’s true.
Now we could sit like lovers, staring in each other’s eyes,
but the magic of the moment might become too much for you.
Sneaky feeling, sneaky feelings,
you can’t let those kind of feeling show.
I’d like to get right through the way I feel for you,

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About Lyrics and Sneaky Feelings by Elvis Costello

The lyrics for Sneaky Feelings are defined as the words making up the song released by Elvis Costello in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Sneaky Feelings have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Elvis Costello 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 Sneaky Feelings by Elvis Costello 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 Sneaky Feelings" means the words set to the music of Sneaky Feelings, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Elvis Costello. 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 Sneaky Feelings and the lyrics to Sneaky Feelings are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Elvis Costello who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sneaky Feelings, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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