Lyrics to
Back On The Road Again

This version of Back On The Road Again was released by Reo Speedwagon in 1979.

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Please don’t hate me mama for what I’m about to do
But the good times we’ve had together are just about now through
Please don’t misunderstand me, I hate to see you cry
But I think that it might look better if I told you now goodbye

I’m back on the road again, it’s time I leave you now
And maybe I’ll see you next time, that I’m around
Until then I hope your happy baby and good times come your way
I’m back on the road again, I’m on my way

Well I’ve loved you since the day I met you and I’ll love you till the day I die
But we both know the life I’m livin and we both know the reason why
That I’ve got to leave ya mama and I’ve got to leave today
But you know that I’ll see you next time that I come through your town to play

ooh, bye-bye baby

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Back On The Road Again, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Reo Speedwagon. Some of the lyrics to Back On The Road Again have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Reo Speedwagon and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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