Lyrics to
Midnight Rider

This version of Midnight Rider was released by Bob Seger in 1973.

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I got to run to keep from hiding
And I’m bound to keep on riding
I’ve got one more silver dollar
But I’m not gonna let ’em
Catch the midnight, rider

I don’t own the clothes I’m wearing
And the road goes on forever
I’ve got one more silver dollar
But I’m not gonna let ’em
Catch the midnight, rider

I don’t own the clothes I’m wearing
Some old bed I’ll soon be sharing
I’ve got one more silver dollar
But I’m not gonna let them catch
The midnight, rider

Not gonna let ’em catch me

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About Lyrics and Midnight Rider by Bob Seger

The lyrics to Midnight Rider are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Bob Seger used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to Midnight Rider have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Bob Seger 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 Midnight Rider by Bob Seger. 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 Midnight Rider" means the words set to the music of Midnight Rider, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Seger. 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 Midnight Rider and the lyrics to Midnight Rider are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Seger who came here looking just for the lyrics to Midnight Rider, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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