Lyrics to
Gasoline Alley

This version of Gasoline Alley was released by Rod Stewart in 1970.

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I think I know now what’s making me sad
It’s a yearnin’ for my own back yard
I realize maybe I was wrong to leave
Better swallow up my silly country pride

Going home, running home
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Going home, and I’m running home
down to Gasoline Alley where I was born

When the weather’s better and the rails unfreeze
and the wind don’t whistle ’round my knees
I’ll put on my weddin’ suit and catch the evening train
I’ll be home before the milk’s upon the door

Going home, running home
down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Going home, and I’m running home
down to Gasoline Alley where I was born

But if anything should happen and my plans go wrong
Should I stray to the house on the hill
Let it be known that my intentions were good
I’d be singing in my alley if I could

And if I’m called away and it’s my turn to go
Should the blood run cold in my veins
Just one favor I’ll be asking of you
Don’t bury me here, it’s too cold
Take me back, carry me back
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Take me back, won’t you carry me home
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from

Take me back, carry me back
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Take me back, carry me back
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from
Take me back, carry me back
Down to Gasoline Alley where I started from

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About Lyrics and Gasoline Alley by Rod Stewart

When you decide to study the lyrics to Gasoline Alley, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1970 song by Rod Stewart. Some of the lyrics to Gasoline Alley have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Rod Stewart and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Gasoline Alley if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Gasoline Alley" means the words set to the music of Gasoline Alley, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rod Stewart. 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 Gasoline Alley and the lyrics to Gasoline Alley are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rod Stewart who came here looking just for the lyrics to Gasoline Alley, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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