Lyrics to
Bitter Creek

This version of Bitter Creek was released by Eagles in 1973.

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Once I was young and so unsure
I’d try any ill to find the cure
An old man told me
Tryin’ to scold me
“Oh, son, don’t wade to deep in Bitter Creek,”
(Bitter Creek)
Out where the desert meets the sky
Is where I go when I wanna hide

Oh, peyote (oh,peyote,mm)
She tried to show me
(tried to show me)
You know there ain’t no cause to weep
at Bitter Creek
(Bitter Creek)
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
Doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

We’re gonna hit the road for one last time
We can walk right in and steal ’em blind
All that money (All that money,ooh..)
No more runnin’ (No more runnin’)
I can’t wait to see the old man’s face
When I win the race
(Bitter Creek)
Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo,
Doo doo doo doo doo
Doo………

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Bitter Creek, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Eagles. Some of the lyrics to Bitter Creek have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Eagles and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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