Lyrics to
Old Dirt Road

This version of Old Dirt Road was released by John Lennon in 1974.

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Ain’t no people on the old dirt road
No more weather on the old dirt road
It’s better than a mudslide mamma when the dry spell come, yeah
Oh oh oh old dirt road

Ain’t no difference on the old dirt road
Tarred and feathered on the old dirt road
Trying to shovel smoke with a pitchfork in the wind, yeah yeah yeah

Breezing thru the deadwood on a hot summer day
I saw a human being lazybonin’ out in the hay
I said uh, hey Mr. Human can ya rainmaker too?
He said I guess it’s O.K. ya know the only thing we need is water
Cool, clear water, water

Ain’t no people on the old dirt road
No more weather on the old dirt road
Better than a mudslide mamma when the morning comes, yeah
Oh oh oh oh old dirt road

Keep on keeping on
Keep on keeping on
So long, so long
Bye bye

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About Lyrics and Old Dirt Road by John Lennon

The lyrics to Old Dirt Road are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by John Lennon in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Old Dirt Road are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by John Lennon and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Old Dirt Road back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Old Dirt Road by John Lennon in a number of 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 Old Dirt Road" means the words set to the music of Old Dirt Road, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Lennon. 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 Old Dirt Road and the lyrics to Old Dirt Road are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Lennon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Old Dirt Road, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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