Lyrics to
Stop In Nevada

This version of Stop In Nevada was released by Billy Joel in 1973.

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He always found it hard to take her
She wouldn’t listen to advice
And though he never tried to make her
She often thought it would be nice

Oh, and now she’s headin’ out to California
It’s been a long time comin’
But she’s feelin’ like a woman tonight
And she left a little letter,
Said she’s gonna make a stop in Nevada
Goodbye. Goodbye.

She tried for years to be a good wife
It never quite got off the ground
And all those stories of the good life
Convinced her not to hang around

Oh, and now she’s headin’ out to California
And she doesn’t know what’s comin’
But she sure knows what she’s leavin’ behind
And she left a little letter,
Said she’s gonna make a stop in Nevada.
Goodbye. Goodbye.

And though she finds it hard to leave him
She knows it would be worse to stay
He wouldn’t understand the reasons
That make a woman run away

Oh, and now she’s headin’ out to California
With some money in her pocket,
She’s a rocket on the Fourth of July
And she left a little letter,
Said she’s gonna make a stop in Nevada.
Goodbye. Goodbye.

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About Lyrics and Stop In Nevada by Billy Joel

The lyrics to Stop In Nevada are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Billy Joel used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to Stop In Nevada have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Billy Joel 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 Stop In Nevada by Billy Joel. 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 Stop In Nevada" means the words set to the music of Stop In Nevada, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Billy Joel. 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 Stop In Nevada and the lyrics to Stop In Nevada are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Billy Joel who came here looking just for the lyrics to Stop In Nevada, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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