Lyrics to
Dublin

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After our affair
I swore that i’d leave dublin
And in that line i’d left behind
The years, the tears, the memories and you

In dublin

At the quays friends come and say farewell
We’d laugh and joke and smoke
And later on the boat
I’d cry over you

In dublin

How can I leave the town that brings me down
That has no jobs
Is blessed by god
And makes me cry

Dublin

And at sea with flowing hair
I’d think of dublin
Of grafton street and derby square
And those for whom I really care and you

In dublin

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Thin Lizzy has released many songs over the years besides Dublin. Thin Lizzy released songs from 1971 to 1983 spanning across albums like Thin Lizzy, New Day, Shades Of A Blue Orphanage, Vagabonds Of The Western World, Nightlife, Fighting, Jailbreak, Johnny The Fox, Bad Reputation, Black Rose: A Rock Legend, Chinatown, Renegade, and Thunder And Lightning. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Thin Lizzy.

About Lyrics and Dublin by Thin Lizzy

The lyrics to Dublin are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Thin Lizzy used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to Dublin 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 Dublin 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 Dublin" means the words set to the music of Dublin, 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 Dublin and the lyrics to Dublin 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 Dublin, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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