Lyrics to
Sin City

This version of Sin City was released by Chris De Burgh in 1975.

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Good morning, Blue Rider, and how was your night?
Did you meet a nice woman, did she make you feel alright?

I heard you came in from the country, looking for a good time,
You walked round the hot spots, and you met some good friends of mine.

Oh Mojo, come here, give my friend a glass of wine, strange flavour,
That’s right, it’s a new recipe of mine – c’mon.

Pull up a chair, I want you to hear,
Have no fear and I’ll tell you what goes on here.

I pick people up off the roadside, and lift them high in the sky,
There’s no sense in walking on the wrong side, you gotta live before you die,
Anything that takes your fancy, you can have for free,
Wine, women and dancing, but you’ve got to sell your soul to me,
‘Cos once you are in, you’ll never get out from Sin City, Sin City.

Good morning, Blue Rider, and how was your night?
Did you get the best deal from your body, did she makes you feel alright?
Well she did ‘cos she’s my friend…

I pick people up off the roadside, and lift them high in the sky,
There’s no sense in walking on the wrong side, you gotta live before you die,
Anything that takes your fancy, you can have for free,
Wine, women and dancing, but you’ve got to sell your soul to me,
‘Cos once you are in, you’ll never get out from Sin City, Sin City.

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Chris De Burgh has released many songs over the years besides Sin City. Chris De Burgh released songs from 1975 to 2006 spanning across albums like Spanish Train And Other Stories, Far Beyond These Castle Walls, At The End Of A Perfect Day, Crusader, Eastern Wind, The Getaway, Man On The Line, Into The Light, Flying Colours, Power Of Ten, This Way Up, Beautiful Dreams, Quiet Revolution, Timing Is Everything, The Road To Freedom, and The Storyman. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Chris De Burgh.

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About Lyrics and Sin City by Chris De Burgh

The lyrics to Sin City are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Chris De Burgh used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to Sin City have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Chris De Burgh 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 Sin City by Chris De Burgh. 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 Sin City" means the words set to the music of Sin City, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Chris De Burgh. 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 Sin City and the lyrics to Sin City are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Chris De Burgh who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sin City, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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