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Lonely Hobo Lullaby

This version of Lonely Hobo Lullaby was released by The Hollies in 1975.

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Heading out on my way to nowhere
Just a traveling man
Hitching rides along the highway
From whoever I can

Gotta stop someplace somewhere
And put some leather on my shoes
They’re the only pair that get me there
Any horizon that I choose

I know when the cold wind blows
My coat will keep me warm
I’ve got no woman’s love
To call my own

I saw you lying there
A cast-off from another man
So I picked you up took you home
And home is on my back

Lonely hobo lullaby is my song
Lonely hobo lullaby gets me along
My shoes my coat my jeans
And anything else I own
We’re a family without a tree
No roots to hold us down

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The lyrics for Lonely Hobo Lullaby are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by The Hollies. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Lonely Hobo Lullaby have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Lonely Hobo Lullaby - The Hollies and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Lonely Hobo Lullaby by The Hollies in multiple 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 Lonely Hobo Lullaby" means the words set to the music of Lonely Hobo Lullaby, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Hollies. 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 Lonely Hobo Lullaby and the lyrics to Lonely Hobo Lullaby are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Hollies who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lonely Hobo Lullaby, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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