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Greenwood Creek

Released by The Doobie Brothers in 1971
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This version of Greenwood Creek was released by The Doobie Brothers in 1971.

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Smell the fragrance of the old pine tree
See the woman, she’s down on her knees
She own some land, and a good crop she seeks
Down along the banks of Greenwood Creek
I can hear that southbound rollin’
Carryin’ all my hopes away
I’m strapped to my mule at the old country school
When I’m gonna get out, I can’t say

Played guitar for ten long years
My only pay was the hound dogs’ cheers
Someday I’m gonna get me some land
Far away in that promised land

I can hear that southbound rollin’
Carryin’ all my hopes away
I’m strapped to my mule at the old country school
When I’m gonna get out, I can’t say


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About Lyrics and Greenwood Creek by The Doobie Brothers

The lyrics to Greenwood Creek are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Doobie Brothers used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to Greenwood Creek have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Doobie Brothers 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 Greenwood Creek by The Doobie Brothers. 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 Greenwood Creek" means the words set to the music of Greenwood Creek, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Doobie Brothers. 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 Greenwood Creek and the lyrics to Greenwood Creek are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Doobie Brothers who came here looking just for the lyrics to Greenwood Creek, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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