Lyrics to
Alabama Song

This version of Alabama Song was released by Bette Midler in 1977.

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Oh, show me the way to the next whiskey bar.
Oh, don’t ask why. Oh, don’t ask why.
‘Cause I must find the next whiskey bar.
If I don’t find the next whiskey bar,
I tell you I will die, I tell you I will die.
I tell you, I tell you, I tell you I will die.

Oh, moon of Alabama, so high up in the sky.
I lost him, I lost my lover.
I need a drink. Can you guess why?

Oh, moon of Alabama, so high up in the sky.
I lost him, I lost my lover.
I need a drink, and you know why.
I bet you know why. I bet you know why.

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About Lyrics and Alabama Song by Bette Midler

The lyrics to Alabama Song are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Bette Midler used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Alabama Song have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Bette Midler and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Alabama Song by Bette Midler. 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 Song" means the words set to the music of Alabama Song, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bette Midler. 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 Song and the lyrics to Alabama Song are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bette Midler who came here looking just for the lyrics to Alabama Song, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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