Lyrics to
Death Valley Lives

This version of Death Valley Lives was released by Jimmy Buffett in 1971.

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It’s the ways of her father
If she’s gonna change she hasn’t done it yet
And the desert is calling to me
Run before the final trap is set
All roads lead to the city
Where the dudes and the dykes all look the same
Lady lays out the pattern
With the parts of her body that seem tame
Death Valley lives and Tracy isn’t sure what really gives

Act like a child and I’ll respond with my well-rehearsed farewell
Quoting the verse that you bought but weren’t quite prepared to sell

Saying I think I love you
Maybe I care
It’s not fair
Death Valley lives and Tracy Isn’t sure what really gives

And it’s a sore spot when the room’s burning hot
And the desert air just cannot bring you down
Still the bed’s warm but a cold arm
Keeps me floating inches off the ground

Death Valley lives and Tracy isn’t sure what really gives

Go paint your toes wipe your nose and then come say good-bye
And all along tell yourself that I’m wrong if I try
Cryin’ sorry it’s over
I’m not to blame
What a game
Death Valley lives now I’m not even sure what really gives

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About Lyrics and Death Valley Lives by Jimmy Buffett

The lyrics to Death Valley Lives are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Jimmy Buffett used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to Death Valley Lives have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Jimmy Buffett 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 Death Valley Lives by Jimmy Buffett. 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 Death Valley Lives" means the words set to the music of Death Valley Lives, 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 Death Valley Lives and the lyrics to Death Valley Lives 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 Death Valley Lives, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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