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Backs Turned Looking Down The Path

This version of Backs Turned Looking Down The Path was released by Warren Zevon in 1976.

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I was caught between the years
Nearly cost me all my tears
With my back turned, looking down the path
Hit me like a ton of bricks
Had to have my outlook fixed
With my back turned, looking down the path

People always ask me why
What’s the matter with me?
Nothing matters when I’m with my baby
With my back turned, looking down the path

We’ll go walkin’ hand in hand
Laughin’ fit to beat the band
With our backs turned, looking down the path

People always ask me why
What’s the matter with me?
Nothing matters when I’m with my baby
With my back turned, looking down the path

Some may have, and some may not
God, I’m thankful for what I got
With my back turned, looking down the path
With my back turned, looking down the path
With my back turned, looking down the path

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

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