Lyrics to
Until The Night

This version of Until The Night was released by Billy Joel in 1978.

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I never ask you where you go
After I leave you in the morning
We go our different ways to separate situations
It’s not that easy anymore

Today I do what must be done
I give my time to total strangers
But now it feels as though the the day goes on forever
More than it ever did before

Until the night, until the night
I just might make it
Until the night, until the night
When I see you again

Now you’re afraid that we have changed
And I’m afraid we’re getting older
So many broken hearts, so many lonely faces
So many lovers come and gone

I’ll have my fears like every man
You’ll have you tears like every woman
Today we’ll be unsure, is this what we believe in
And wonder how can we go wrong

Until the night, until the night
I just might make it
Until the night, until the night
When I see you again

When the sun goes down
And the day is over
When the last of the light has gone
As they pour into the street
I will be getting closer
As the cars turn their headlights on
As they’re closing it down
I’m gonna open it up
And while they’re going to sleep
We’ll just be starting to touch
I’m just beginning to feel
I’m just beginning to give
I’m just beginning to feel
I’m just beginning to live
Before I leave you again
Before the light of dawn
Before this evening can end
I have been waiting so long

Until the night, until the night
I just might make it
Until the night, until the night
I’ll just keep holding on
Until the night, until the night
When I see you again

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About Lyrics and Until The Night by Billy Joel

When you decide to study the lyrics to Until The Night, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Billy Joel. Some of the lyrics to Until The Night have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Billy Joel and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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