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Sacrifice

This version of Sacrifice was released by The Steve Miller Band in 1977.

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Thought about the folks back home
All those miles that we had roamed
Still can see your pretty hair
When I come back will you be there
You flew away like a kite
I hope you find your light
I pray they treat you right
What a sacrifice

Miles and miles I have roamed
Lookin’ for that home sweet home
Thought I had the love with you
But I found out that you weren’t true
You made me feel so nice
Ready for wedding rice
Then you said no dice
What a sacrifice

Lookin’ back on time that’s gone
I realized I might have been wrong
But Macon took you for a ride
They broke us up for their own pride
But you were young and didn’t understand
That you had found your lifetime man
Maybe someday you’ll see
It gets so lonely being free
So don’t be wrong twice
What a sacrifice

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The lyrics to Sacrifice are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Steve Miller Band used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Sacrifice have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Steve Miller Band 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 Sacrifice by The Steve Miller Band. 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 Sacrifice" means the words set to the music of Sacrifice, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Steve Miller Band. 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 Sacrifice and the lyrics to Sacrifice are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Steve Miller Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sacrifice, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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