Lyrics to Rock And Roll Stew

This version of Rock And Roll Stew was released by Traffic in 1971.

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Sitting in a transit all night long
Playing clubs and rocking right on
The road’s much too long since I’ve been wasting my time
Wish I was home again sipping my wine

And I’m gone, gone, gone, I don’t care
‘Cause I’m gone, gone, gone
I don’t care, it’s where I’m from
I’m on the road again

LA to London is a mighty long time
Eight hours flying can bring you down
Sitting near a suit who’s a red-neck going,
Eyes are moving but there’s no life showing

And I’m gone, gone, gone, I don’t care
‘Cause I’m gone, gone, gone
I don’t care, it’s where I’m from
I’m on the road again

Now that I’m home again, things are much better
Biding my time with my little go-getter
No matter what they say, no matter what they do,
Gonna end up in the middle of that rock and roll stew
Gone, gone, gone…

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About Lyrics and Rock And Roll Stew by Traffic

The lyrics to Rock And Roll Stew are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Traffic used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to Rock And Roll Stew have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Traffic 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 Rock And Roll Stew by Traffic. 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 Rock And Roll Stew" means the words set to the music of Rock And Roll Stew, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Traffic. 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 Rock And Roll Stew and the lyrics to Rock And Roll Stew are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Traffic who came here looking just for the lyrics to Rock And Roll Stew, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.