Lyrics to
Silver Dollar Forger

This version of Silver Dollar Forger was released by Nazareth in 1974.

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Swingin’ my sweet chariot low
Gotta make it home to georgia
Excise lawman on my trail
I’m a silver dollar forger
I see a road block on my right
Engine take me through the night
Gotta make it home to the arms of my sweet baby.

Twenty miles from that georgia state
I can hear the sirens wailing
If only I can cross that line
And leave the police trailing
I see a red light at my rear
Now I’m sweatin’ cold steel fear
Gotta make it home to the arms of my sweet baby.

I’m tired of all this running
Hiding from the light
I want to walk out in the sun

I’ll soon be home I can see the clay
I’ll soon be in Atlanta
If only I can hold that line
I can live just how I want to
I see the state line in my lights
Engine take me through the night
Gotta make it home to the arms of my sweet baby.

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Nazareth has released many songs over the years besides Silver Dollar Forger. Nazareth released songs from 1971 to 1998 spanning across albums like Nazareth, Excercises, Razamanaz, Loud 'N' Proud, Rampant, Hair Of The Dog, Play 'N' The Game, Close Enough For Rock 'N' Roll, Expect No Mercy, No Mean City, Malice In Wonderland, The Fool Circle, 2XS, Sound Elixir, The Catch, Cinema, Snakes 'N' Ladders, No Jive, From The Vaults, Move Me, and Boogaloo. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Nazareth.

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About Lyrics and Silver Dollar Forger by Nazareth

The lyrics to Silver Dollar Forger are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Nazareth in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Silver Dollar Forger are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Nazareth and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Silver Dollar Forger back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Silver Dollar Forger by Nazareth in a number of ways. 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 Forger" means the words set to the music of Silver Dollar Forger, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Nazareth. 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 Forger and the lyrics to Silver Dollar Forger are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Nazareth who came here looking just for the lyrics to Silver Dollar Forger, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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