Lyrics to
Big Road

This version of Big Road was released by Bonnie Raitt in 1971.

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Well I ain’t goin’ down that big long lonesome road
Pretty baby don’t you hear me talkin’
No I ain’t goin’ down that big road by myself
If I can’t carrry you baby
I’m gonna get me someone else

Alright boys
Well the sun is gonna shine in my back door some
My back door some, my door someday
You know the sun is gonna shine in
My back door some day
That big wind is gonna come up and blow my blues away

Now if you don’t want me baby
Now why don’t you tell me
Now why don’t you tell me, tell me so
If you don’t want me baby why don’t you tell me so
It ain’t like I’m a woman who ain’t got no place to go

Play it right now
Now what good is a bulldog, if he won’t fuss or
He won’t fuss or fight pretty baby
What good is a bulldog, if he won’t fuss or fight.
And what good is a man can’t make his wolf stay all night

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The lyrics for Big Road are defined as the words making up the song released by Bonnie Raitt in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Big Road have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Bonnie Raitt and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Big Road by Bonnie Raitt if you think through it. 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 Big Road" means the words set to the music of Big Road, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bonnie Raitt. 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 Big Road and the lyrics to Big Road are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bonnie Raitt who came here looking just for the lyrics to Big Road, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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