Lyrics to
Goin’ South

This version of Goin’ South was released by Beach Boys in 1979.

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I think of goin’ south for the winter
It’s getting mighty cold
I watch the fire glow
The moon shining ‘cross the snow
Maybe Florida or Mexico
Is where I oughta go

Somewhere where everything is green
Oo the change of scene
Might do a me good
When the swallows go
When they leave Capistrano
Fly away so gracefully
Maybe that’s for me

Snowdrifts blowing up against my door
Going clear up to the roof
I could be lying on some sun-washed shore
Truth is, don’t know what I’m waiting for

Think I’m goin’ south for the winter
It’s getting mighty cold
I watch the fire glow
The moon shinin’ ‘cross the snow
Maybe Florida or Mexico
Is where I oughta go

South of the border
Think I’m goin’ south
Get my life in order
Think I’m goin’ south
For the winter
It’s gettin’ mighty cold

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Goin’ South, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Beach Boys. Some of the lyrics to Goin’ South have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Beach Boys and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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