Lyrics to
Let Me Sing Your Blues Away

This version of Let Me Sing Your Blues Away was released by Grateful Dead in 1973.

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Gonna hop in the hack then turn on the key,
Pop in the clutch, let the wheels roll free,
Not a cloud in the sky, such a sunny day,
Push in the button, let the top ten play.

Come on honey, let me sing ’em away,
Come on honey, let me sing ’em away,
Oh, honey, let me sing your blues away.

Give me a little of that old time love,
Cause I ain’t never had near enough.
Honey, walk that walk with style and grace,
This ain’t no knock-down drag-out race.

It don’t matter much, pick any gear,
Brind you a pound and drop the rear.
Baby, baby what can I say,
I’m here to drive those blues away.

I sent a letter to a man I know,
Said, “One for the money and two for the show.”
I wait all summer for his reply
Said, “Three to get ready and four to fly.”

Only two things in the world I love,
That’s rock ‘n’ roll and my turtle dove.
When I was a young man I needed good luck,
But I’m a little bit older now and I know my stuff.

Come on honey, let me sing ’em away,
Come on honey, let me sing ’em away,
Oh, honey, let me sing your blues away.

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You can understand the lyrics to Let Me Sing Your Blues Away 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 Let Me Sing Your Blues Away" means the words set to the music of Let Me Sing Your Blues Away, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Grateful Dead. 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 Let Me Sing Your Blues Away and the lyrics to Let Me Sing Your Blues Away are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Grateful Dead who came here looking just for the lyrics to Let Me Sing Your Blues Away, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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