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Neal’s Fandango

This version of Neal’S Fandango was released by The Doobie Brothers in 1975.

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Well, a travelin’ man’s affliction makes it hard to settle down
But I’m stuck here in the flatlands while my heart is homeward bound
Goin’ back, I’m too tired to roam, Loma Prieta my mountain home
On the hills above Santa Cruz, in the place where I spent my youth
Well it was Neal Cassady that started me to travelin’
All the stories that were told, I believed them every one
And it’s a windin’ road I’m on you understand
And no time to worry ’bout tomorrow when you’re followin’ the sun

Papa don’t you worry now and mama don’t you cry
Sweet woman don’t forsake me, I’ll be comin’ by and by

Goin’ back, I’m too tired to roam, Loma Prieta my mountain home
On the hills above Santa Cruz, in the place where I spent my youth

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The lyrics for Neal’S Fandango are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by The Doobie Brothers. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Neal’S Fandango 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 Neal’S Fandango - The Doobie Brothers 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 Neal’S Fandango by The Doobie Brothers 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 Neal’S Fandango" means the words set to the music of Neal’S Fandango, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Doobie Brothers. 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 Neal’S Fandango and the lyrics to Neal’S Fandango are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Doobie Brothers who came here looking just for the lyrics to Neal’S Fandango, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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