Lyrics to
All Down The Line

This version of All Down The Line was released by The Rolling Stones in 1972.

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Yeah, heard the diesel drumming all down the line.
Oh, heard the wires a humming all down the line.
Yeah, hear the women sighing all down the line.
Oh, hear the children crying all down the line.
(All down the line.) We’ll be watching out for trouble, yeah.
(All down the line.) And we’d better keep the motor running, yeah.
(All down the line.) Well, you can’t say yes and you can’t say no,
Just be right there when the whistle blows.
I need a sanctified girl with a sanctified mind to help me now.
Yeah, all the people singing all down the line.
Mmmm, watch the men all working, working, yeah. (All down the line.)
(All down the line.) We’re gonna open up the throttle yeah.
(All down the line.) We’re gonna bust another bottle, yeah.
(All down the line.)
I need a shot of salvation, baby, once in a while.
Hear the whistle blowing, hear it for a thousand miles.
(All down the line.) We’re gonna open up the throttle, yeah.
All down the line, We’re gonna bust another bottle, yeah.
Well you can’t say yes, and you can’t say no,
Just be right there when the whistle blows.
I need a sanctified mind to help me out right now.
Be my little baby for a while.
Won’t you be my little baby for a while?

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The lyrics to All Down The Line are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Rolling Stones in 1972. Elements of the lyrics to All Down The Line are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Rolling Stones and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for All Down The Line back when it was created.

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

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