Lyrics to
Back In The Saddle

This version of Back In The Saddle was released by Aerosmith in 1976.

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I’m back
I’m back in the saddle again
I’m back
I’m back in the saddle again

Ridin’ into town alone
By the light of the moon
I’m looking for ole’ Sukie Jones
She crazy horse saloon
Barkeep gimme a drink
That’s when she caught my eye
She turned to give me a wink
That’d make a grown man cry

I’m back in the saddle again
I’m back
I’m back in the saddle again
I’m back

Umm…come easy, go easy
Alright ’til the rising sun
I’m calling all the shots tonight
I’m like a loaded gun
Peelin’ off my boots and chaps
I’m saddle sore
Four bits gets you time in the racks
I scream for more

Fools’ gold out of their mines
The girls are soaking wet
No tongue’s drier than mine
I’ll come when I get back

I’m back in the saddle again
I’m back
I’m back in the saddle again
I’m riding, I’m loading up my pistol
I’m riding, I really got a fistful
I’m riding, I’m shining up my saddle
I’m riding, this snake is gonna rattle

I’m back in the saddle again
I’m back
I’m back in the saddle again
I’m back

Ridin’ high
Ridin’ high
Ridin’ high already

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About Lyrics and Back In The Saddle by Aerosmith

The lyrics to Back In The Saddle are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Aerosmith used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Back In The Saddle have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Aerosmith 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 Back In The Saddle by Aerosmith. 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 Back In The Saddle" means the words set to the music of Back In The Saddle, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Aerosmith. 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 Back In The Saddle and the lyrics to Back In The Saddle are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Aerosmith who came here looking just for the lyrics to Back In The Saddle, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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