Lyrics to
Keep On Ridin’

This version of Keep On Ridin’ was released by Uriah Heep in 1977.

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Ride, keep on ridin’
Ride, keep on ridin’

By tomorrow morning at the early dawn,
I gotta hit the road
So long lady til another day, right now
I gotta be movin’ on
Another town and the singer needs a song
I know you’re on your own
I’ll be back before too long
Do what I gotta do
And you know how my heart loves to run,
I gotta ride.

There’s a city waiting and a railroad station
Where my face is known
And an old hotel I know so well,
It’s a little bit like home
It’s a situation not of my own choosing,
And though a gamblin’ man would say
That I was losing
I started out to win
And I’ll do it all again, I’m never givin’ in
’cause if it comes down to my heart, or my pride
I’m gonna ride.

And I know you say I’m driftin’ on a dream
Watch your step boy, it may not be what it seems
I just can’t shake this feelin’ here inside
This heart of mine just keeps tellin’ me to ride, ride.

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About Lyrics and Keep On Ridin’ by Uriah Heep

When you decide to study the lyrics to Keep On Ridin’, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Uriah Heep. Some of the lyrics to Keep On Ridin’ have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Uriah Heep and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Keep On Ridin’ if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Keep On Ridin’" means the words set to the music of Keep On Ridin’, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Uriah Heep. 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 Keep On Ridin’ and the lyrics to Keep On Ridin’ are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Uriah Heep who came here looking just for the lyrics to Keep On Ridin’, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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