Lyrics to
Freewheeler

This version of Freewheeler was released by Nazareth in 1973.

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I’m a freewheeler, an underground dealer
The kind of guy you never get to know
So you can quit thinking about stoppin’ my drinkin’
You know I’ll go the road I choose to go

I’m a freewheeler, living undercover
When things get hot I have to move out fast
When they know I’m lyin’, the women come cryin’
But still I go the road I choose to go

No-one’s ever going to re-arrange me
No-one’s ever going to try to change me
You know I’ll go the road I choose to go

I’m doin’ fine, takin’ my time
I don’t want to settle down
No,no,no

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Nazareth has released many songs over the years besides Freewheeler. Nazareth released songs from 1971 to 1998 spanning across albums like Nazareth, Excercises, Razamanaz, Loud 'N' Proud, Rampant, Hair Of The Dog, Play 'N' The Game, Close Enough For Rock 'N' Roll, Expect No Mercy, No Mean City, Malice In Wonderland, The Fool Circle, 2XS, Sound Elixir, The Catch, Cinema, Snakes 'N' Ladders, No Jive, From The Vaults, Move Me, and Boogaloo. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Nazareth.

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About Lyrics and Freewheeler by Nazareth

The lyrics for Freewheeler are defined as the words making up the song released by Nazareth in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Freewheeler have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Nazareth and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Freewheeler by Nazareth if you think through it. 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 Freewheeler" means the words set to the music of Freewheeler, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Nazareth. 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 Freewheeler and the lyrics to Freewheeler are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Nazareth who came here looking just for the lyrics to Freewheeler, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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