Lyrics to
Southbound Again

This version of Southbound Again was released by Dire Straits in 1978.

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Southbound again I don’t know if I’m going or leaving home
Boy got to be moving
Seems like the boy is bound to roam

Southbound again got no money I’ve got no place to go
That woman’s with her lover boy
Never want to see her face no more

Every single time I roll across the rolling River Tyne
I get the same old feeling
Every time I’m moving down the line

Southbound again last night I felt like crying
Right now I’m sick of living
But I’m going to keep on trying

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About Lyrics and Southbound Again by Dire Straits

The lyrics for Southbound Again are defined as the words making up the song released by Dire Straits in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Southbound Again have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Dire Straits 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 Again by Dire Straits 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 Again" means the words set to the music of Southbound Again, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Dire Straits. 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 Again and the lyrics to Southbound Again are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Dire Straits who came here looking just for the lyrics to Southbound Again, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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