Lyrics to
Sparkle Eyes

This version of Sparkle Eyes was released by Steppenwolf in 1971.

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Oh Woman, don’t you know me?
Has it been so long that you forgot
I thought of you just yesterday
My time it has been dragging
And I’ve changed girl but so have you
Please don’t turn your face away
It’s in your eyes I know
Where did the sparkle go?

Sparkle eyes used to shine ev’ry day
God, I wish I never had seen you looking this way

Can’t recall just who was wrong
Guess it doesn’t matter now
To dredge the past I’ve no desire
But it hurts to feel your sadness
And to see the life you’ve led
Faceless fountains cooled your fire
It was mine not long ago
Where did the sparkle flow?

Sparkle Eyes used to smile at the rain
Don’t I wish that I could see it again
Where did the sparkle go?

Now if I only knew where to begin
Girl, I’d try to break your fall and stop your spin
But time has changed us both too many ways
And I’m looking at a strange and empty face

And your eyes used to shine every day
If I had only never seen you lookin’ this way
Those faceless fountains they cooled your fire
It was mine not so very long ago
Your eyes would laugh at the rain
You don’t know how I wish I could see it again
I just can’t stand to watch goin’ down slow
Where did the sparkle go?

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About Lyrics and Sparkle Eyes by Steppenwolf

The lyrics for Sparkle Eyes are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1971 song by Steppenwolf. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Sparkle Eyes 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 Sparkle Eyes - Steppenwolf 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 Sparkle Eyes by Steppenwolf 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 Sparkle Eyes" means the words set to the music of Sparkle Eyes, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Steppenwolf. 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 Sparkle Eyes and the lyrics to Sparkle Eyes are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Steppenwolf who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sparkle Eyes, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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