Lyrics to
Old Wild Men

Released by 10Cc in 1974
From the Album: Sheet Music |

This version of Old Wild Men was released by 10Cc in 1974.

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Where are my boys?
They are in deepest water
Where are they now?
They are over the hill and far away
But they are broken men who lie low
Waiting for miracles

Old men of rock and roll
Came bearing music
Where are they now?
They are over the hill and far away
But they’re still gonna play guitars
On dead strings, and old drums
They’ll play and play to pass the time
The old wild men
Old wild men
Old wild men, waiting for miracles

Lord have mercy upon the many
Lord have mercy upon the few
Lord have mercy upon the many
Lord have mercy on me and on you


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About Lyrics and Old Wild Men by 10Cc

The lyrics to Old Wild Men are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that 10Cc used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to Old Wild Men have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only 10Cc 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 Old Wild Men by 10Cc. 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 Wild Men" means the words set to the music of Old Wild Men, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by 10Cc. 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 Wild Men and the lyrics to Old Wild Men are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of 10Cc who came here looking just for the lyrics to Old Wild Men, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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