Lyrics to
Alabama Rain

This version of Alabama Rain was released by Jim Croce in 1973.

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Lazy days in mid-July
Country Sunday mornin’s
Dusty haze on summer highways
Sweet magnolia callin’

But now and then I find myself
Thinkin’ of the days
That (when) we were walking in
The Alabama rain

Drive-in movies, Friday nights
Drinkin’ beer and laughin’
Somehow things were always right
I just don’t know what happened

We were only kids
But then I’ve never heard it said
That kids can’t fall in love
And feel the same
I can still remember the first time
I told you “I love you”

On a dusty mid-July
Country summer’s evenin’s
Weepin’ willows sang its lullaby
And shared our secret

Walking in the Alabama rain

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About Lyrics and Alabama Rain by Jim Croce

The lyrics for Alabama Rain are defined as the words making up the song released by Jim Croce in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Alabama Rain have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Jim Croce and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Alabama Rain by Jim Croce if you think through it. 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 Alabama Rain" means the words set to the music of Alabama Rain, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jim Croce. 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 Alabama Rain and the lyrics to Alabama Rain are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jim Croce who came here looking just for the lyrics to Alabama Rain, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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