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Hot Rails To Hell

This version of Hot Rails To Hell was released by Blue Oyster Cult in 1973.

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Riding the underground, swimming in sweat
A rumble above and below, hey cop don’t you know?
The heat’s on alright
The hot summer day didn’t quit for the night

1277 express to heaven, speeding along like dynamite
1277 express to heaven, rumbles the steel like a dogfight
You caught me in it’s spell
Trying to leave but you know darn well
The heat from below can burn your eyes out

Blackened out eyes, scratched on a wall
Stoned out looks from the crowd, the king will not know
On the wall it was said
The flash of his cards was sprayed with red

1277 express to heaven, speeding along like dynamite
1277 express to heaven, rumbles the steel like a dogfight
You caught me in it’s spell
Trying to leave but you know darn well
The heat from below can burn your eyes out

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About Lyrics and Hot Rails To Hell by Blue Oyster Cult

The lyrics to Hot Rails To Hell are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Blue Oyster Cult used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to Hot Rails To Hell have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Blue Oyster Cult 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 Hot Rails To Hell by Blue Oyster Cult. 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 Hot Rails To Hell" means the words set to the music of Hot Rails To Hell, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Blue Oyster Cult. 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 Hot Rails To Hell and the lyrics to Hot Rails To Hell are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Blue Oyster Cult who came here looking just for the lyrics to Hot Rails To Hell, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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