Lyrics to
Twilight

This version of Twilight was released by The Band in 1975.

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Over by the wildwood
Hot summer night
We lay in the tall grass
til the mornin’ light

If I had my way I’d never
get the urge to roam
A young man serves his country
and an old man guards the home

Never gave a second thought
Never crossed my mind
What’s right and what’s not
I’m not the judgin’ kind

I could take the darkness oh
Storms in the skies
But we all got certain trials
burnin’ up inside

Don’t send me no distant salutations
or silly souvenirs from far away
Don’t leave me alone in the twilight
Twilight is the loneliest time a day

Don’t put me in a frame upon the mantel
‘Fore memories turn dusty old and grey
Don’t leave me alone in the twilight
Twilight is the loneliest time a day

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About Lyrics and Twilight by The Band

The lyrics for Twilight are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by The Band. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Twilight 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 Twilight - The Band 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 Twilight by The Band 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 Twilight" means the words set to the music of Twilight, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Band. 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 Twilight and the lyrics to Twilight are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Twilight, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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