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Boogie My Way Back Home

This version of Boogie My Way Back Home was released by Gary Moore in 1973.

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Hey you with the guitar.
Where did you play last night?
I do believe it was in Memphis,
but I can’t remember right now.
‘Cause I been foul politicin’
and I acted in fear to be.
I had to get up five this morning
with them bells playing in my head.

Sometimes I work so hard,
I’m gonna play my fingers to the bone.
Well, I can boogie, boogie,
boogie on my way back home.

Well, I’ve been workin’ every night
for the pastes buy meats and needs.
I’m gonna finish up tomorrow night
and turn myself a plane back east.
I’m gonna do my work
so I can help my pain and rest.
Well, I’ll be back here someday soon
hope I can give my best.

Sometimes I work so hard,
I’m gonna play my fingers to the bone.
And now I can boogie, boogie,
boogie on my way back home.
Yeah.

Well, my axe is gettin’ rusty
and an old slow demon I seem to be.
The throat is gettin’ dusty,
before it’s gone that I had thrifty hands.
Well, I’ve been up for heart breakin’
and I had to keep my men to pay.
I had to catch a plane this morning
with them bells ringing in my head.

Sometimes I work so hard,
I’m gonna, gonna play my fingers to the bone, hooh.
Well, now I can boogie, boogie,
boogie on my way back home.

Said I learned to boogie, boogie,
boogie on my way back home.

I can boogie, boogie,
boogie on my way back home.

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

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