Lyrics to
AB’s Song

This version of Ab’S Song was released by The Marshall Tucker Band in 1973.

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if i die at 23
won’t you bury me
in the sunshine?
please let me know
that you’re still mine.
though i’m gone,
my love for you
is, oh, so strong.

and when the grass grows over me,
let me know
you still love me.
never put nobody else
above me.
then i’ll know
my love for you
will always grow.

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The Marshall Tucker Band has released many songs over the years besides Ab’S Song. The Marshall Tucker Band released songs from 1973 to 1979 spanning across albums like The Marshall Tucker Band, A New Life, Where We All Belong, Searchin' For A Rainbow, Long Hard Ride, Carolina Dreams, Together Forever, and Running Like The Wind. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by The Marshall Tucker Band.

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About Lyrics and Ab’S Song by The Marshall Tucker Band

When you decide to study the lyrics to Ab’S Song, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by The Marshall Tucker Band. Some of the lyrics to Ab’S Song have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only The Marshall Tucker Band and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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