Lyrics to
Starlight

This version of Starlight was released by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) in 1977.

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Starlight, I hear you callin’ out to me.
Sweet love rollin’ across my mind again.
I want you, yes, I do, I need you, yes, I do.
And then you run.

You gotta stop foolin’ around,
keep your feet on the ground, little girl,
and starlight will shine all around, little girl.

Starlight, your eyes are lookin’ out so far away.
Constellation in the sky is smiling down on me, I wonder, wonder why.
I can feel you’re so real, I can see you’re so near
and the you run.

You gotta stop foolin’ around,
keep your feet on the ground, little girl,
and starlight will shine all around, little girl.
You had me all the summer long, little girl.

Moonglow, come light the way up to my window.
As you roll across the night don’t tell noby that I told you so.
I want you, yes, I do, I need you, yes, I do.
And then you run.

You gotta stop foolin’ around,
keep your feet on the ground, little girl,
and starlight will shine all around, little girl.
You had me all the summer long, little girl.

Starlight, your eyes are lookin’ down on me so far away.

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About Lyrics and Starlight by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo)

When you decide to study the lyrics to Starlight, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo). Some of the lyrics to Starlight have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Starlight 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 Starlight" means the words set to the music of Starlight, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo). 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 Starlight and the lyrics to Starlight are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) who came here looking just for the lyrics to Starlight, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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