Lyrics to
Song For Emma

This version of Song For Emma was released by Joe Walsh in 1974.

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There’s a feeling I get when I look to the sky
As if someone is watching,
Someone hears every word.

We are filled with regrets, it was such a short time,
But we told Him we loved you, hoping somehow He heard.
We hoped He heard…

You were with us for a while and He took you,

and He made your mama cry.
I can see it in her eyes, there’s a question as to why.

And after all this time still I find that I’m without an answer.
Good Bye. Bye love.

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About Lyrics and Song For Emma by Joe Walsh

The lyrics for Song For Emma are defined as the words making up the song released by Joe Walsh in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Song For Emma have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Joe Walsh 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 Song For Emma by Joe Walsh 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 Song For Emma" means the words set to the music of Song For Emma, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Joe Walsh. 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 Song For Emma and the lyrics to Song For Emma are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Joe Walsh who came here looking just for the lyrics to Song For Emma, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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