Lyrics to
Storybook Children

This version of Storybook Children was released by Bette Midler in 1977.

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Daybreak.
How can I ever leave this place beside you?
You were the only one I ever cried to.
The night is through.

Now it’s heartache.
I got to get home before he sees it’s daybreak.
Light from the sky is shining through the curtain lace.
I never really meant to stay.

And now it’s daybreak.
We were just sitting and talking.
Oh, who would have thought we’d be spending the night
dreading the light of daybreak?

How can I leave this place beside you?
How can I leave you, baby, leave you?
I don’t want to go.

And now it’s daybreak.
We were like storybook children.
Hey, but, like all good fairytales, this one must end.
Here is the end. It’s daybreak.

How can I ever leave this place beside you?
You were the only one I ever cried to.
The night is through.

Lord knows it’s daybreak.
And it feels like heartbreak.
I don’t want to leave you,
I don’t want to leave you, I need you!
Looks like it’s daybreak,
but it feels like it’s heartache.
I don’t want to leave you,
don’t make me leave you, I need you!
Daybreak.
Sunlight shining through the lace.
I need you.
Sun is smiling on your face.
I need you.
Don’t make me leave you!
Lord! . . .

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About Lyrics and Storybook Children by Bette Midler

The lyrics to Storybook Children are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Bette Midler in 1977. Elements of the lyrics to Storybook Children are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Bette Midler and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Storybook Children back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Storybook Children by Bette Midler in a number of 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 Storybook Children" means the words set to the music of Storybook Children, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bette Midler. 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 Storybook Children and the lyrics to Storybook Children are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bette Midler who came here looking just for the lyrics to Storybook Children, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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