Lyrics to
Wake Me Gently

This version of Wake Me Gently was released by Alice Cooper in 1976.

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I was scared to death
Afraid to close my eyes
And find that I was gone
Like every other one
Who left before the dawn
I vanished in the air
Am I still there
Wake me gently
If you can
Wake me gently
Just touch my hand
Wake me gently
Pull my sleeve
‘Cuz where I’m at
Is where I wanna leave
And in my sleep
I look so lifeless on this bed
Laid out on satin sheets
This dream’s a novel
That I don’t dare complete
No happy ending read
I think the hero’s dead
Wake me gently
If you can
Wake me gently
Just touch my hand
Wake me gently
Pull my sleeve
‘Cuz where I’m at
Is where I wanna leave
Me to my slumber

And I never come home
Please help me, I’m frightened
Of what’s going on
What’s going on
And if I can’t wake up
Will I be all alone
A stranded orphan here
Or will I bump into
Some other wandering soul
And will talk to me
Somebody, somebody please rescue me
Wake me gently
If you can
Wake me gently
Just touch my hand
Wake me gently
Pull my sleeve
‘Cuz where I’m at
Is where I wanna leave
I wanna leave
I wanna leave
I wanna wake up
I wanna leave
I don’t wanna stay
I wanna leave
I wanna go
I wanna go home
I wanna go home
Just wake me up
I wanna go home
Wake me up, please
‘Cuz I wanna go home
Wake me
Wake me

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About Lyrics and Wake Me Gently by Alice Cooper

The lyrics to Wake Me Gently are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Alice Cooper in 1976. Elements of the lyrics to Wake Me Gently are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Alice Cooper and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Wake Me Gently back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Wake Me Gently by Alice Cooper in a number of 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 Wake Me Gently" means the words set to the music of Wake Me Gently, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Alice Cooper. 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 Wake Me Gently and the lyrics to Wake Me Gently are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Alice Cooper who came here looking just for the lyrics to Wake Me Gently, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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