Lyrics to
Old Gangsters Never Die

Released by Rick Springfield in 1976
From the Album: Wait For Night |

This version of Old Gangsters Never Die was released by Rick Springfield in 1976.

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Who did you think you were?
Who did you think you were fooling?
You’ve been seeing too many movies
where the bad guys were the heroes
Everything started fine and it looked like the seeds were sown
‘Till you took up an evil stance and you came on
just like Al Capone
I had to leave or I’d have gone insane
Now I hear they say you’ve changed but…

Old gangsters never die
Old gangsters never die
Don’t you ever wonder why

You had me when I was green
It made me feel so dependent
It satisfied your paranoia to think I really needed you
Who did you think I was?
Did you think that I’d let it ride?
Put down that violin case, I know just what you’re trying to hide
I’ve got to leave; you chill me to the marrow
There’s just no way you’re on the straight and narrow because…

Old gangsters never die
Old gangsters never die
Don’t you ever wonder why

And when I finally climbed down off your shelf
You blamed everyone except yourself

Old gangsters never die
Old gangsters never die
They just fade into the night
Oh, bye-bye


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Rick Springfield has released many songs over the years besides Old Gangsters Never Die. Rick Springfield released songs from 1972 to 2007 spanning across albums like Beginnings, Comic Book Heroes, Mission Magic!, Wait For Night, Working Class Dog, Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet, Living In Oz, Beautiful Feelings, Hard To Hold, Tao, Rock Of Life, Sahara Snow, Karma, Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance, The Day After Yesterday, and Christmas With You. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Rick Springfield.

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The lyrics for Old Gangsters Never Die are defined as the words making up the song released by Rick Springfield in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Old Gangsters Never Die have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Rick Springfield and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Old Gangsters Never Die by Rick Springfield if you think through it. 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 Gangsters Never Die" means the words set to the music of Old Gangsters Never Die, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rick Springfield. 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 Gangsters Never Die and the lyrics to Old Gangsters Never Die are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rick Springfield who came here looking just for the lyrics to Old Gangsters Never Die, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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