Lyrics to
Tonight

Released by Reo Speedwagon in 1976
From the Album: R.e.o. |

This version of Tonight was released by Reo Speedwagon in 1976.

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It’s all on my shoulders
And it was gettin harder to bear
Each day I was gettin older
And I was startin to show the wear
Tonight I’m gonna get it all
Gonna lay my work on the shelf?
Tonight, tonight, I’m comin home to you
Tonight, tonight, I’m comin home to you It was a hard run this time momma
And it ain’t ever gonna get easier
I’m searchin through my memories
And I can’t remember of a year?
But tonight I’m gonna get it all
Gonna lay my work on the shelf

Tonight, tonight, I’m comin home to you

Tonight, tonight, I’m comin home to you


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Reo Speedwagon has released many songs over the years besides Tonight. Reo Speedwagon released songs from 1971 to 2007 spanning across albums like REO Speedwagon, R.E.O / T.W.O., Ridin' The Storm Out, Lost In A Dream, This Time We Mean It, R.E.O., You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish, Nine Lives, Hi Infidelity, Good Trouble, Wheels Are Turnin', Life As We Know It, The Earth, A Small Man, His Dog And A Chicken, Building The Bridge, and Find Your Own Way Home. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Reo Speedwagon.

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About Lyrics and Tonight by Reo Speedwagon

The lyrics to Tonight are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Reo Speedwagon used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Tonight have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Reo Speedwagon 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 Tonight by Reo Speedwagon. 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 Tonight" means the words set to the music of Tonight, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Reo Speedwagon. 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 Tonight and the lyrics to Tonight are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Reo Speedwagon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Tonight, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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