Lyrics to
Sweet Forgiveness

This version of Sweet Forgiveness was released by Bonnie Raitt in 1977.

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Yeah, well…

When will I learn
To take you on my journey
When will I see, yeah
That you belong to me
When will I learn
To take you on my journey
When will I see, yeah
That you belong with me?

Sweet forgiveness
How could you go, my babe
I never really knew that I needed you
But you were right there
Understand me, yeah
Honey you set my sails
When will I learn to take you with me
Everywhere?
When will I learn…?

(Sweet forgiveness)
Sweeter than honey
Give me that
Sweet forgiveness
Sweeter than wine

Hey…

Did you ever get lost
In a bundle of nerves
Did you ever get lost
In a jungle of your own words
You hurt another, hurt a brother
You hurt a sister or a lover
And then you go ‘right’
Then you got to just sit back
And wait for the cure

Sweet forgiveness
How can you go, my babe
I never really knew that I needed you
But you were right there
Understand me, yeah
Honey you set my sails
When will I learn to take you with me
Everywhere?
When will I learn…?

(Sweet forgiveness)
Sweeter than honey
Give me that
Sweet forgiveness
Sweeter than wine
Give me that
Sweet forgiveness
Sweeter than honey
Give me that
Sweet forgiveness
Sweeter than wine…

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About Lyrics and Sweet Forgiveness by Bonnie Raitt

The lyrics for Sweet Forgiveness are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Bonnie Raitt. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Sweet Forgiveness 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 Sweet Forgiveness - Bonnie Raitt 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 Sweet Forgiveness by Bonnie Raitt 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 Sweet Forgiveness" means the words set to the music of Sweet Forgiveness, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bonnie Raitt. 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 Forgiveness and the lyrics to Sweet Forgiveness are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bonnie Raitt who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sweet Forgiveness, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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