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Gold Dust Woman

This version of Gold Dust Woman was released by Fleetwood Mac in 1977.

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Rock on, gold dust woman
Take your silver spoon
And dig your grave
Heartless challenge
Pick your path and I’ll pray
Wake up in the morning
See your sunrise,loves, to go down
Lousy lovers, pick their prey
But they never cry out loud
Did she make you cry
Make you break down
Shatter your illusions of love
Is it over now, do you know how
Pick up the pieces and go home.
Rock on, ancient woman
Follow those who pale
In your shadow
Rulers make bad lovers
You better put your kingdom up for sale
Did she make you cry
Make you break down
Shatter your illusions of love
Is it over now, do you know how
Pickup the pieces and go home.

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The lyrics to Gold Dust Woman are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Fleetwood Mac used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Gold Dust Woman have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Fleetwood Mac 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 Gold Dust Woman by Fleetwood Mac. 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 Gold Dust Woman" means the words set to the music of Gold Dust Woman, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Fleetwood Mac. 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 Gold Dust Woman and the lyrics to Gold Dust Woman are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Fleetwood Mac who came here looking just for the lyrics to Gold Dust Woman, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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