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Going To The Country

This version of Going To The Country was released by The Steve Miller Band in 1970.

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Gonna leave the city put my troubles behind
People in the city goin’ out of their minds
Goin’ to the country just to feel like gold
People in the country really let themselves go

Hey, ho, one thing I know
People in the country got one thing for sure
Hey, ho, one thing I know
Every mother’s child really lets himself go

Goin’ to the country and leavin’ right away
No time to talk I got to make a getaway
Gonna leave the city it’s a crime and a shame
People in the city are goin’ insane

Hey, ho, one thing I know
Every mother’s child really lets himself go
Hey, ho, one thing I know
People in the country really let themselves go

Joining hands
Making plans
Come on down
Look around

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The lyrics to Going To The Country are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Steve Miller Band used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Going To The Country have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Steve Miller Band 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 Going To The Country by The Steve Miller Band. 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 Going To The Country" means the words set to the music of Going To The Country, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Steve Miller Band. 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 Going To The Country and the lyrics to Going To The Country are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Steve Miller Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Going To The Country, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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