Lyrics to
Ragged But Right

This version of Ragged But Right was released by Waylon Jennings in 1970.

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Well, I’ve come here to tell you boys
I’m ragged but I’m right
I’m a tramp and a rounder
I stay out late at night.

I pour a high steak
Three times a day for my board
That’s more than any loafer
In this old town can afford.

A big electric fan
Keep me cool while I sleep
A little baby boy
Play’s around daddy’s feet.

I’m a rounder, I’m a gambler
Lord, I lead every fight
I tell you boys
I’m ragged but I’m right.

When I got married
I knew I’d settled down
I built a little lovenest
Right near in my hometown.

Now, I’ve got a family
One that I’m proud of
I know that they’ll be happy
‘Cause I’m the one they love.

A big electric fan
Keep me cool while I sleep
A little baby boy
Play’s around daddy’s feet.

I’m a rounder, I’m a gambler
Lord, I lead every fight
I tell you boys
I’m ragged but I’m right…

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Ragged But Right, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1970 song by Waylon Jennings. Some of the lyrics to Ragged But Right have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Waylon Jennings and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Ragged But Right if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Ragged But Right" means the words set to the music of Ragged But Right, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Waylon Jennings. 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 Ragged But Right and the lyrics to Ragged But Right are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Waylon Jennings who came here looking just for the lyrics to Ragged But Right, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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