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God Don’t Own A Car

This version of God Don’T Own A Car was released by Jimmy Buffett in 1971.

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I have been out wanderin’
I have traveled far
One conclusion I have made
Is God don’t own a car

He don’t wear no fancy clothes
He’d rather take the bus
He would pay air tourist fare
So He could sit with us

He don’t have no tambourine
Guitar or slide trombone
The music we make here on Earth
But the words are His own

And when we finally reach His home
And walk among the stars
He’ll join our band then we’ll understand
Why God don’t own a car

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You can understand the lyrics to God Don’T Own A Car 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 God Don’T Own A Car" means the words set to the music of God Don’T Own A Car, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jimmy Buffett. 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 God Don’T Own A Car and the lyrics to God Don’T Own A Car are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jimmy Buffett who came here looking just for the lyrics to God Don’T Own A Car, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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