Lyrics to
Rio

This version of Rio was released by The Doobie Brothers in 1976.

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When things get stale
You get on a boat and sail to Rio
The beaches and the sea
That’s where I long to be
In Rio
But I’m workin’ for the man every day up in the city
Got to get away on a boat around the corner
And it’s waiting there for you and me
In Rio

Dark eyed lady
Drive Mercedes everywhere
In Rio
She said, “Do you wanna take a ride?”
So I jumped right in beside her
In Rio

But I’m workin’ for the man every day up in the city
Got to get away on a boat around the corner
And it’s waiting there for you and me
In Rio

When things get stale
You get on a boat and sail to Rio
The beaches and the sea
That’s where I long to be
In Rio

But I’m workin’ for the man every day up in the city
Got to get away on a boat around the corner
And it’s waiting there for you and me
In Rio

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The lyrics for Rio are defined as the words making up the song released by The Doobie Brothers in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Rio have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Doobie Brothers and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Rio by The Doobie Brothers 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 Rio" means the words set to the music of Rio, 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 Rio and the lyrics to Rio 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 Rio, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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