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Boulder To Birmingham

This version of Boulder To Birmingham was released by The Hollies in 1978.

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I don’t wanna hear your love song
I got on this aeroplane just to fly
And I know there’s life below me
But all that you can show me
Is the prairie and the sky

And I don’t wanna hear a sad story
Full of heartbreak and desire
The last time I felt like this
I was in the wilderness
And the canyon was on fire

And I stood on the mountain
In the night and I watched it burn
I watched it burn, I watched it burn

I would rock my soul
In the bosom of Abraham
I would hold my life
In his saving grace
I would walk all the way
From Boulder to Birmingham
If I thought I could see
I could see your face

Well, you really got me this time
And the hardest part is knowin
I’ll survive
I’ve come to listen for the sound
Of the trucks as they go down
Out on ninety-five
And pretend that it’s the ocean
Comin down to wash me clean
To wash me clean
Baby do ya know what I mean

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

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