Lyrics to
Desert Skies

This version of Desert Skies was released by The Marshall Tucker Band in 1977.

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Well I’m ridin’ along
Singin’ the same ol’ cowboy song
That’s been sung a hundred times before
Ain’t got nothin’ but my name
And I’m the only man I know to blame
But I’m livin’, I’m happy and I’m free

Just listen to the wind blow
Let it blow, let it blow
Sand over my trail
I got my saddle on the ground
And that ol’ moon, he can still be found
Hidin’ in the desert sky

I like simple things in life
Like a prairie breeze
A good stout horse between my knees
Just bein’ alone, just bein’ me
And when I die let me die
With a dream in my mind
A smile on my face and no trouble behind
And no cross on my grave
To show my restin’ place

So I can listen to the wind blow
Let it blow, let it blow
Sand over my trail
I got my saddle on the ground
And that ol’ moon, he can still be found
Hidin’ in the desert sky

Won’t you bury me with my chaps on
And my six-gun strapped to my side
So I can watch the moon a-hidin’
In the desert sky
Hidin’ in the desert sky
Hidin’ in the desert sky
Hidin’ in the desert sky

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The Marshall Tucker Band has released many songs over the years besides Desert Skies. The Marshall Tucker Band released songs from 1973 to 1979 spanning across albums like The Marshall Tucker Band, A New Life, Where We All Belong, Searchin' For A Rainbow, Long Hard Ride, Carolina Dreams, Together Forever, and Running Like The Wind. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by The Marshall Tucker Band.

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About Lyrics and Desert Skies by The Marshall Tucker Band

The lyrics to Desert Skies are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Marshall Tucker Band in 1977. Elements of the lyrics to Desert Skies are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Marshall Tucker Band and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Desert Skies back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Desert Skies by The Marshall Tucker Band in a number of ways. 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 Desert Skies" means the words set to the music of Desert Skies, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Marshall Tucker Band. 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 Desert Skies and the lyrics to Desert Skies are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Marshall Tucker Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Desert Skies, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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