Lyrics to
Silverado

This version of Silverado was released by The Marshall Tucker Band in 1977.

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As a young man I was raised by men of the cloth
and I was tought to judge men equal and not to find their faults
until one day I witnessed a tragic thing
the men lay on the church steps, slain
and when the smoke cleared a tall man holstered his gun
the bright day ended and a cloud did cover the sun
I found hate in my heart that I’d never known before
I’ll see this man hang and if that’s the one thing that I know for sure

Silverado you’ll hang by the hangman’s tree and you’ll die in misery

His face remained in my eyes as I grew through the years
I practiced shooting every day while trying to hold back the tears
I travelled through Oklahoma and Texas to the Rio Grande
knowing when I met Silverado the Lord would steady my hand

Silverado you’ll hang by the hangman’s tree and you’ll die in misery

Then the day came I dreamed of for years
Silverado stood before me and my heart it pounded in fear
as he turned and saw my eyes he knew why I’d come
and without a flick of the eyes he went for his gun
and as I caused a fight tears come to my eyes
when he collapsed before me I dropped my gun an sighed

Silverado you’ll hang by the hangman’s tree and you’ll die in misery

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About Lyrics and Silverado by The Marshall Tucker Band

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

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