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Last Of The Blacksmiths

This version of Last Of The Blacksmiths was released by The Band in 1971.

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Who robbed the cradle, who robbed the grave
Who’s the one that asked to be saved
No, wo-wo-wo no answer came
I moved to the country that cried of shame
I left my home and found a name
No, nobody could explain

Have mercy, cried the blacksmith
How’re you gonna replace human hands
Found guilty, said the judge
For not being in demand

Frozen fingers at the keyboard
Could this be the big reward
No, no answer came
Brought up everybody to see for themselves
They wouldn’t believe it from no one else
No, nobody could explain

Dead tongue said the poet
To the daughter of burlesque
Cocteau, Van Gogh and Geronimo
They used up what was left

Cry wolf, said the martyr
I don’t believe I’m alive
You’re the hero, said the mute
And you’re bound to survive

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About Lyrics and Last Of The Blacksmiths by The Band

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

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