Lyrics to
Rocky Mountain Way

This version of Rocky Mountain Way was released by Michael Bolton in 1976.

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Spent the last year the Rocky Mountain way
Couldn’t get much higher
Out to pasture, I think it’s safe to say
It’s time to open fire
‘Cause we don’t need the ladies
Cryin’ ’cause the story’s sad, oh no
And the Rocky Mountain way
Is better than the way we had

Tellin’ us this and tellin’ us that
Changin’ it day by day
He says it doesn’t matter
Bases are loaded and Casey’s at bat
Changin’ it play by play
It’s time to change the batter
‘Cause we don’t need the ladies
Cryin’ ’cause the story’s sad, oh no
And the Rocky Mountain way
Is better than the way we had

Spent the last year, the Rocky Mountain way
Couldn’t get much higher
Out to pasture, I think it’s safe to say
It’s time to open fire
‘Cause we don’t need the ladies
Cryin’ ’cause the story’s sad, oh no
And the Rocky Mountain way
Is better than the way we had

Rocky Mountain way

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Rocky Mountain Way, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Michael Bolton. Some of the lyrics to Rocky Mountain Way have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Michael Bolton and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Rocky Mountain Way 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 Rocky Mountain Way" means the words set to the music of Rocky Mountain Way, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Michael Bolton. 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 Rocky Mountain Way and the lyrics to Rocky Mountain Way are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Michael Bolton who came here looking just for the lyrics to Rocky Mountain Way, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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