Lyrics to
Sweet Scarlet

This version of Sweet Scarlet was released by Cat Stevens in 1972.

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Once she came into my room, feathered hat an’ all
Wearing a warm wool shawl wrapped around her shoulders
Two eyes like lights, milky marble whites looking up at me
Looking for a way, Moons in an endless day
All I knew was with her then, no couldn’t see the time
As we drank down the wine to the last Sweet Scarlet
How was I to wonder why or even question this
Underneath her her kiss I was so unguarded
Every bottle’s empty now and all those dreams are gone
Ah, but the song carries on…so holy
She was so much younger then, wild like the wind
A gypsy with a grin from and old far away country
but deep beneath her curls,
Beneath this misty pearl, there was more to see
She could move mountains in the dark as silent as a knife
She cut loose a life that she never no never really wanted
All those days are frozen now and all those scars are gone
Ah, but the song carries on…so holy
Come let us drink again, before the second show
I want you so to know there’s no bridge between us
All those gates have opened now, and through the light has shone
Ah, but the song carries on…so holy

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About Lyrics and Sweet Scarlet by Cat Stevens

When you decide to study the lyrics to Sweet Scarlet, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by Cat Stevens. Some of the lyrics to Sweet Scarlet have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Cat Stevens and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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