Lyrics to
Silver Train

This version of Silver Train was released by The Rolling Stones in 1973.

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Silver train is a comin’
Think I’m gonna get on now, oh, yeah
Silver train is a comin’
Think I wanna get on now, oh, yeah, oh, yeah
Silver rain is a fallin’
Fallin’ up around my house, oh, yeah
Silver rain is a fallin’, fallin’ up around my house, oh, yeah, oh, yeah
And I did not know her name
And I did not know here name
But I sure love the way that she laughed and took my money
And I did not know here name
And I did not know her name
But I sure loved the way that she laughed and called me Honey
Silver rain is a fallin’
Fallin’ up around my house, oh, yeah
Silver belles is a ringin’
Ringin’ all around my house, ding, dong, oh, yeah
And I did not know her name
And I did not know here name
But I sure loved the way that she laughed and took my money
And I did not know her name
And I did not know her name
But I sure loved the way that she laughed and called me Honey
I’m going home on a south bound train with a song in my mouth
I’m going home on a south bound train with a song in my mouth
Silver train is a runnin’
Think I’m gonna get on now, oh, yeah
Silver train is a comin’
Think I’m gonna get on now, oh, yeah
And I did not know her name
And I did not know here name
But I sure loved the way that she laughed and took my money
And I did not know her name
And I did not know her name
But I sure loved the way that she laughed and called me Honey
Silver train is a comin’
Think I’m gonna get on now, oh, yeah
Silver train is a comin’
Think I’m gonna get on board, oh, yeah

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About Lyrics and Silver Train by The Rolling Stones

The lyrics for Silver Train are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1973 song by The Rolling Stones. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Silver Train have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Silver Train - The Rolling Stones and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Silver Train by The Rolling Stones in multiple 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 Train" means the words set to the music of Silver Train, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Rolling Stones. 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 Train and the lyrics to Silver Train are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Rolling Stones who came here looking just for the lyrics to Silver Train, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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