Lyrics to
Dear Lord

This version of Dear Lord was released by Thin Lizzy in 1977.

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Dear Lord this is a prayer
Just let me know if you’re really there
Dear Lord come gain control
Oh Lord come save my soul

Give me dignity restore my sanity
Oh Lord come rescue me
Dear Lord my vanity is killing me
Oh Lord it’s killing me, it’s killing me

If you give your soul to heaven
And your soul begins to bleed
Remember all the sevens
Don’t turn up when you need

If you do believe in glory
Then please believe a fact
Give your soul to heaven
You won’t get it back

I’m down deep and I need your help
There’s no one to turn to and I can’t help myself
Dear Lord hear this call
Oh Lord save my fall

I’m scared I doubt
Dear Lord help me out
I despair my Lord my prayer my Lord
Care my Lord

Dear Lord take the time
I believe your story now you believe mine
Oh Lord I’m on my knees
Oh Lord please please beware

My Lord oh care my Lord
Give me dignity
Restore my sanity
My vanity is killing me

If you give your soul to heaven
And your soul begins to bleed
Remember all the sevens
Don’t turn up when you need

If you do believe in glory
Then please believe a fact
Give your soul to heaven
You won’t get it back

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The lyrics to Dear Lord are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Thin Lizzy used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Dear Lord 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 Dear Lord 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 Dear Lord" means the words set to the music of Dear Lord, 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 Dear Lord and the lyrics to Dear Lord 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 Dear Lord, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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