Lyrics to
Move Me On Down The Line

This version of Move Me On Down The Line was released by Zz Top in 1973.

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When I hear that Santa Fe start blowin’
I wonder where it’s been and where it’s goin’.

I tell you, boy, every time
the feelin’ sure is fine.
Just move me on down the line,
just move me on down the line.

Then I heard Red Rooster start his crowin’
around the curve that cloud of smoke was blowin’.

I tell you, boy, every time
the feelin’ sure is fine.
Just move me on down the line,
just move me on down the line.

I’ll be where the big wheels keep on turnin’
and the diesel drivers keep them engines burnin’.

I tell you, boy, every time
the feelin’ sure is fine.
Just move me on down the line,
just move me on down the line.

Move me on down the line, move me on down.
Move me on down the line, move me on down.

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

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