Lyrics to
Stealin’

This version of Stealin’ was released by Uriah Heep in 1973.

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Take me across the water ’cause I need some place to hide
I done the rancher’s daughter and I sure did hurt his pride aha

Oo..ooo Ooooo Ah ah ah
Oo..ooo Ooooo Ah ah ah

Well there’s a hundred miles of desert lies between his hide and mine
I don’t need no food and no water, Lord, ’cause I’m running out of time

Fightin’, killin’, wine and women, gonna put me to my grave
Runnin’, hidin’, losin’, cryin’, nothing left to save
But my life

Oo..ooo Ooooo Ah ah ah
Oo..ooo Ooooo Ah ah ah

Stood on a ridge and shunned religion thinking the world was mine
I made my break and a big mistake stealin’ when I should’ve been buyin’

All that fightin’, killin’, wine and those women, gonna put me to an early grave
Runnin’, hidin’, losin’, cryin’, nothing left to save
But my life, life, life, life, life, life, life, life, life,

So I stood on a ridge and shunned religion thinking the world was mine
I made my break and a big mistake stealin’ when I should’ve been buyin’
I was stealin’ when I should’ve been buyin’
I was stealin’ when I should’ve been buyin’ yeah
Stealin’ when I should’ve been buyin’

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About Lyrics and Stealin’ by Uriah Heep

The lyrics for Stealin’ are defined as the words making up the song released by Uriah Heep in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Stealin’ have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Uriah Heep 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 Stealin’ by Uriah Heep 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 Stealin’" means the words set to the music of Stealin’, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Uriah Heep. 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 Stealin’ and the lyrics to Stealin’ are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Uriah Heep who came here looking just for the lyrics to Stealin’, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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