Lyrics to
Sweet Dream Woman

This version of Sweet Dream Woman was released by Waylon Jennings in 1972.

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She’s the womb that you left and she’s the pride that you kept
She’s the innocence that you left back in your youth
She’s the poems that you read she’s the mouth that you feed
And she’s the holy and she’s truth.

Sweet dream woman of the night
Come and love me in the night
Sweet dream woman come and be
A woman to me.

She’s the mother of youth she is sweet baby blue
And she’s a love that you once knew but you couldn’t hold
She is bad luck and good and she’s all that she should be
And I see her reasons all unfold.

Sweet dream woman of the night
Come and love me in the night
Sweet dream woman come and be
A woman to me.

Sweet dream woman
of the night
Come and love me in the night
Sweet dream woman come and be
A woman to me.

Sweet dream woman come and be
A woman to me…

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About Lyrics and Sweet Dream Woman by Waylon Jennings

The lyrics for Sweet Dream Woman are defined as the words making up the song released by Waylon Jennings in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Sweet Dream Woman have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Waylon Jennings 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 Sweet Dream Woman by Waylon Jennings 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 Sweet Dream Woman" means the words set to the music of Sweet Dream Woman, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Waylon Jennings. 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 Sweet Dream Woman and the lyrics to Sweet Dream Woman are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Waylon Jennings who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sweet Dream Woman, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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