Lyrics to
Jet Lag

This version of Jet Lag was released by Nazareth in 1974.

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I’m goin’ back to New York city
Times square sure will be shinin’ bright
I know it sure looks pretty
But I don’t go down every night.

I’m gonna take in Memphis
You know the one down in Tennessee
And if you wanna boogie
Now that’s the place to be.

Sittin’ in a bar in Macon
Drinkin’ something called Rebel Yells
When I thought I heard someone ringing
I guess she’s a southern bell.

We just cut out of El Paso
It just fries there in that desert sun
And if you’ve ever been down there man
Then you know why we run.

I got jet lag
And livin’ out an overnight bag
Time changes every day
They do things a different way
Back in the U.S.A.

Tryin’ hard to make a phone call
“Long distance over seas”
“Yes ma’am I did say Scotland”
“Could you spell that again for me please”

You know that it just blew my mind
I’d love to go back there next trip
I sure hope we get some time.

Driving down a Detroit freeway
Just lookin’ at those concrete walls
Hey but it’s a good town to rock’n’roll in
“What do you mean the police closed the god damned hall?”

Flyin’ home tomorrow
To be there’s gonna be just great
And after some time with my lady
I’m gonna be back to rock’n’roll in the States.

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Nazareth has released many songs over the years besides Jet Lag. Nazareth released songs from 1971 to 1998 spanning across albums like Nazareth, Excercises, Razamanaz, Loud 'N' Proud, Rampant, Hair Of The Dog, Play 'N' The Game, Close Enough For Rock 'N' Roll, Expect No Mercy, No Mean City, Malice In Wonderland, The Fool Circle, 2XS, Sound Elixir, The Catch, Cinema, Snakes 'N' Ladders, No Jive, From The Vaults, Move Me, and Boogaloo. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Nazareth.

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About Lyrics and Jet Lag by Nazareth

The lyrics to Jet Lag are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Nazareth in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Jet Lag are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Nazareth and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Jet Lag back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Jet Lag by Nazareth in a number of ways. 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 Jet Lag" means the words set to the music of Jet Lag, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Nazareth. 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 Jet Lag and the lyrics to Jet Lag are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Nazareth who came here looking just for the lyrics to Jet Lag, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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