Lyrics to
Dallas

This version of Dallas was released by Jimmy Buffett in 1974.

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If you ever get the chance to go to Dallas
Take it from me, pass it by
Cause you’ll only sing the blues down in Dallas
Take it from me, don’t go and cry

And I’m leaving this town as soon as I can
Gonna stop off for a while and see my woman

People do you wrong down in Dallas
I know well, they’ve done it to me
Stealin’ all your bread, they’re so callous
I know well, just look and see

And people like me just can’t be free
The promo man won’t let us us be
If the people who knew could get away
I’m real sure they’d leave today

Now come on down and lose your mental balance
Look at me, half crazy now
Talkin’ to chairs, strange and I know it
Look at me I’m doin’ in now

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The lyrics for Dallas are defined as the words making up the song released by Jimmy Buffett in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Dallas have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Jimmy Buffett 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 Dallas by Jimmy Buffett 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 Dallas" means the words set to the music of Dallas, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jimmy Buffett. 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 Dallas and the lyrics to Dallas are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jimmy Buffett who came here looking just for the lyrics to Dallas, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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