Lyrics to
Southbound

This version of Southbound was released by Thin Lizzy in 1977.

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The boom time it is over
A ghost town is all that’s left here
The gold rush it is over
And depression days draw near

Tonight after sundown
I’m going to pack my case
I leave without a sound
Disappear without a trace

I’m going southbound

Drifting like a drover
Chasing my career
From the ships docked in the harbour
New horizons will appear

Tumbling with the tumbleweed
Down the open road
Taking only what I need
Before my head explodes

I’m going southbound

Hey, you’re not getting any younger
The wild west has already been won
Northern lights are growing colder
And the old eastern ways are gone

So tonight after sundown
You must go from this place
Without a tear, without a frown
Disappear without a trace

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About Lyrics and Southbound by Thin Lizzy

The lyrics for Southbound are defined as the words making up the song released by Thin Lizzy in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Southbound have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Thin Lizzy and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Southbound by Thin Lizzy if you think through it. 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 Southbound" means the words set to the music of Southbound, 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 Southbound and the lyrics to Southbound 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 Southbound, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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