Lyrics to
Sundown

This version of Sundown was released by Uriah Heep in 1976.

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I’ll see you at sundown
You can’t back out now
The news is all over town

I’ll see you at sundown
And they can put one of us
In a hole in the ground, oh yeah

Now it’s three in the afternoon
And I’m frightened to death waiting for you in the saloon
I wonder if he feels the same
For whoever wins there’s still a cowboy to blame

Sundown, give me some strength
I know I can’t go it alone
Sundown, give me your strength
Give me a chance to go home
To go home

Well even if I shouldn’t win
And I’m frightened to death when it’s in it again
I hear the reverend feels it’s a sin
(I’ll get on my horse and ride)
For whoever wins he’s going to carry the blame

Sundown, give me some strength
I know I can’t go it alone oh
Sundown, give me your strength
Give me a chance to come home

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About Lyrics and Sundown by Uriah Heep

The lyrics to Sundown are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Uriah Heep used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Sundown have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Uriah Heep 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 Sundown by Uriah Heep. 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 Sundown" means the words set to the music of Sundown, 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 Sundown and the lyrics to Sundown 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 Sundown, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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