Lyrics to
Tears Of The Lonely

This version of Tears Of The Lonely was released by Don Williams in 1978.

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Faded pictures, yellow from time
Well worn memories of days gone by
Needing someone and nobody’s there
These are the things
Broken dreams are made of,
Lord they’re everywhere.

Oh, the tears of the lonely
Keep falling all the time,
Tears of the lonely
Never dry.

Another nighttime that just never ends
A helpless longing for what might have been
Another morning to face all alone
These are the things
Broken dreams are made of,
They go on and on.

Oh, the tears of the lonely
Keep falling all the time,
Tears of the lonely
Never dry.

Oh, the Tears of the lonely
Keep falling all the time,
Tears of the lonely
Never dry…

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Don Williams has released many songs over the years besides Tears Of The Lonely. Don Williams released songs from 1973 to 2004 spanning across albums like Don Williams, Vol. 1, Don Williams, Vol. 2, Don Williams, Vol. 3, You're My Best Friend, Harmony, Visions, Country Boy, Expressions, Portrait, I Believe In You, Especially For You, Listen To The Radio, Yellow Moon, Cafe Carolina, New Moves, Traces, One Good Well, Prime Cuts, True Love, Currents, Borrowed Tales, Flatlands, I Turned The Page, and My Heart To You. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Don Williams.

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About Lyrics and Tears Of The Lonely by Don Williams

The lyrics to Tears Of The Lonely are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Don Williams used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Tears Of The Lonely have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Don Williams and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Tears Of The Lonely by Don Williams. 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 Tears Of The Lonely" means the words set to the music of Tears Of The Lonely, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Don Williams. 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 Tears Of The Lonely and the lyrics to Tears Of The Lonely are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Don Williams who came here looking just for the lyrics to Tears Of The Lonely, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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