Lyrics to
Silver Dollar

This version of Silver Dollar was released by Thin Lizzy in 1975.

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I should’ve known you couldn’t take it
You had to make it with another man
You know that’s true baby
And I can play that game if you can

It’s been a long time since I’ve come here
To give you what you need
My roots are in Chicago
But I know where I want to plant my seed

I bet a silver dollar you’d love another
And you know that silver dollar, it would make me rich
Girl like you, easy pitch
But I miss you now you’re gone

I’m coming home girl just to show you
What’s this man’s been living for
A tip for you, don’t be surprised baby
When I come busting through that door

I bet a silver dollar you’d love another
And even though that silver dollar would make me rich
I want to tell you that there is a hitch
I miss you know you’re gone

And all I got left is my old guitar

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Silver Dollar, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1975 song by Thin Lizzy. Some of the lyrics to Silver Dollar have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Thin Lizzy and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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