Lyrics to St. Judy's Comet

This version of St. Judy’S Comet was released by Paul Simon in 1973.

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Little sleepy boy
Do you know what time it is?
Well the hour ol your bedtime’s
Long been past

And though I know you’re fighting it
I can tell when you rub your eyes
You’re fading fast
Fading fast

Won’t you run come see St.Judy’s Comet
Roll across the skies
And leave a spray of diamonds
In its wake
I long to see St.Judy’s Comet
Sparkle in your eyes
When you awake

Little boy
Won’t you lay your body down
Little boy
Won’t you close your weary eye’s
Ain’t nothing flashing hut the fireflies

Well I sang it once
Then I sang it twice
I’m going tu sing it three times more
I’m going tu stay ’til your resistance
Is overcome
‘Cause if I can’t sing my boy tu sleep
Well it makes your famous daddy
Look so dumb

Wun’t you run come see St.Judy’s Comel
Roll across the skies
And leave a spray of diamonds
In its wake
I long to see St.Judy’s Comet
Sparkle in your eyes
When you awake

Little boy, little boy
Won’t you lay your body down
Little boy, little boy
Won’t you close your weary eyes
Ain’t nothing flashing but the fireflies

Oo little sleepy boy
Do you know what time it is
Well the hour of your bedtime’s
Long been past
Though I know you’re fighting it
I can tell when you rub your eyes
That you’re fading fast.

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About Lyrics and St. Judy’S Comet by Paul Simon

When you decide to study the lyrics to St. Judy’S Comet, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Paul Simon. Some of the lyrics to St. Judy’S Comet have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Paul Simon and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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You can understand the lyrics to St. Judy’S Comet if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 St. Judy’S Comet" means the words set to the music of St. Judy’S Comet, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Paul Simon. 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 St. Judy’S Comet and the lyrics to St. Judy’S Comet are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Paul Simon who came here looking just for the lyrics to St. Judy’S Comet, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.