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Tearin’ Up The Country

This version of Tearin’ Up The Country was released by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) in 1972.

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Playin’ a pavilion on the outskirts of town,
Playin’ where my roller derby rolls.
Just a part time music man, A nobody at the plant,
I’m Tearin’ Up The Country with a song.

Mom and Papa told me “Son, you gotta go to school;
Only way to make the fam’ly proud.”
I paid no attention, left my books at home,
Rather play my music real loud.

Tearin’ Up The Country with a song.
Tearin’ Up The Country with a song.
I paid no attention, left my books at home,
Rather play my music real loud.

Play it loud, now! Woo!

Tearin’ Up The Country with a song.
Tearin’ Up The Country with a song.
I paid no attention, left my books at home,
Rather play my music real loud.

Ran into a dry spell, seemed nowhere to go.
Good luck turned the tide, I’m on my way.
I remember loadin’ big trucks when the summer sun was hot,
You know I could still be there, but I’m not.

Tearin’ Up The Country with a song.
Tearin’ Up The Country with a song.
I remember loadin’ big trucks when the summer sun was hot,
You know I could still be there, but I’m not.

Tearin’ Up The Country with a song.
I’m tearin’ Up The Country with a song.
I remember loadin’ big trucks when the summer sun was hot,
You know I could still be there, but I’m not.

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You can understand the lyrics to Tearin’ Up The Country if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Tearin’ Up The Country" means the words set to the music of Tearin’ Up The Country, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival). 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 Tearin’ Up The Country and the lyrics to Tearin’ Up The Country are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Ccr (Creedence Clearwater Revival) who came here looking just for the lyrics to Tearin’ Up The Country, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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