Lyrics to
Down By The Dam

This version of Down By The Dam was released by Reo Speedwagon in 1974.

Our About Reo Speedwagon page at Decade Lyrics includes the lyrics for Down By The Dam from 1974 as well as all of the other lyrics from Reo Speedwagon that we have in our lyrics database.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Reo Speedwagon or about the 1970s in general.

Ambush on her body, down by the dam
She wasn’t afraid of anybody until, down by the dam
Criminal running from the law,
Hiding in the high grass
The lady saw death from a mescaline high
High in the high grass
And the police ain’t never around
When you need them,
But the criminal’s ready to pounce
If you get near him

Vigilante fires, the flames are gettin’ higher
Down by the dam
Temper’s gettin’ hot oh there’s blood for the pot,
Down by the dam

---

Want more lyrics and songs by Reo Speedwagon?

Reo Speedwagon has released many songs over the years besides Down By The Dam. Reo Speedwagon released songs from 1971 to 2007 spanning across albums like REO Speedwagon, R.E.O / T.W.O., Ridin' The Storm Out, Lost In A Dream, This Time We Mean It, R.E.O., You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish, Nine Lives, Hi Infidelity, Good Trouble, Wheels Are Turnin', Life As We Know It, The Earth, A Small Man, His Dog And A Chicken, Building The Bridge, and Find Your Own Way Home. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Reo Speedwagon.

If you're a fan of lyrics from 1970s songs looking for more songs from 1974 or the 1970s overall, you've come to the right place!

About Lyrics and Down By The Dam by Reo Speedwagon

The lyrics to Down By The Dam are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Reo Speedwagon used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to Down By The Dam have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Reo Speedwagon 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 Down By The Dam by Reo Speedwagon. 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 Down By The Dam" means the words set to the music of Down By The Dam, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Reo Speedwagon. 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 Down By The Dam and the lyrics to Down By The Dam are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Reo Speedwagon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Down By The Dam, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

More Songs & Lyrics by Reo Speedwagon

Visit our Reo Speedwagon profile for more Reo Speedwagon songs, lyrics & info!

)