Lyrics to
Birmingham Blues

This version of Birmingham Blues was released by The Charlie Daniels Band in 1975.

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Sittin’ here in L.A., looking down at my shoes
Drownin’ my troubles on small talk & blues
Sittin’ here wonderin’ if I could have been born to lose

I think movin is losin and now I can see
I let a false hearted woman make a fool outta me
And now all I got left now is a bad case of Birmingham Blues

Days are alright
I can’t take these, L.A. nights
This place is a jungle when a man’s on his own
I wish I could go home

Had me a fine woman down in Birmingham town
Took care of my money and she didn’t play around
All I got left now is a bad case of Birmingham Blues

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About Lyrics and Birmingham Blues by The Charlie Daniels Band

The lyrics for Birmingham Blues are defined as the words making up the song released by The Charlie Daniels Band in 1975. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Birmingham Blues have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Charlie Daniels Band 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 Birmingham Blues by The Charlie Daniels Band 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 Birmingham Blues" means the words set to the music of Birmingham Blues, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Charlie Daniels Band. 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 Birmingham Blues and the lyrics to Birmingham Blues are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Charlie Daniels Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Birmingham Blues, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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