Lyrics to
Clifton Grange Hotel

This version of Clifton Grange Hotel was released by Thin Lizzy in 1971.

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Pack up your bags
Leave family society
Oh come with me
Where they treat you well

At the door
Old Lou the jew
Will welcome you
In the corner lies the hotel

At this refuge of mercy
Head of the table
King of laughter
Percy

And if you speak too much
In company
You’ll soon be heard
By that mynah bird and whiskey

At the top
You’ll find another brother
Go ask my mother
She knows them all very well…hotel

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About Lyrics and Clifton Grange Hotel by Thin Lizzy

The lyrics to Clifton Grange Hotel are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Thin Lizzy used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to Clifton Grange Hotel have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Thin Lizzy and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Clifton Grange Hotel by Thin Lizzy. 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 Clifton Grange Hotel" means the words set to the music of Clifton Grange Hotel, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Thin Lizzy. 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 Clifton Grange Hotel and the lyrics to Clifton Grange Hotel are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Thin Lizzy who came here looking just for the lyrics to Clifton Grange Hotel, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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