Lyrics to
In My Reply

This version of In My Reply was released by Linda Ronstadt in 1971.

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Now Matthew was a country boy until one day he found
That cheatin’ folks was easier than plowin’ his daddy’s ground
He left his home back in Ohio, bound for Chicago’s town
He crossed Big Jim and turned his back
A bullet cut him down

And as he lay there dying
He said “Will I see my Ohio?”
In my reply I lied a bit
And said I did not know

Now Jim McCall he was meek and small
And to become a man
He’d have to build himself up tall
With fancy folks and land
He threw some stones at honest friends
And he got himself these things
His children left him and he sneered
“That’s what my kindness brings”

And on the south side he got lost
He asked me where to go
In my reply I lied a bit
And said I did not know

Yes Miss Lazy Susan called me up
She heard I stole the show
In my reply I lied a bit
And said I did not know
In my reply I lied a bit and said I did not know

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Linda Ronstadt has released many songs over the years besides In My Reply. Linda Ronstadt released songs from 1969 to 2004 spanning across albums like Hand Sown... Home Grown, Silk Purse, Linda Ronstadt, Don't Cry Now, Heart Like A Wheel, Prisoner In Disguise, Hasten Down The Wind, Simple Dreams, Living In The USA, Mad Love, Get Closer, What's New, Lush Life, For Sentimental Reasons, Canciones De Mi Padre, Cry Like A Rainstorm, Howl Like The Wind, Mas Canciones, Frenesi, Winter Light, Feels Like Home, Dedicated To The One I Love, We Ran, and Hummin' To Myself. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Linda Ronstadt.

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The lyrics for In My Reply are defined as the words making up the song released by Linda Ronstadt in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to In My Reply have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Linda Ronstadt and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to In My Reply by Linda Ronstadt if you think through it. 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 In My Reply" means the words set to the music of In My Reply, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Linda Ronstadt. 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 In My Reply and the lyrics to In My Reply are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Linda Ronstadt who came here looking just for the lyrics to In My Reply, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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