Lyrics to
Tears Of Rage

This version of Tears Of Rage was released by Bob Dylan in 1975.

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We carried you in our arms
On Independence Day
And now you’d throw us all aside
And put us on our way
Oh, what dear daughter ‘neath the sun
Would treat a father so
To wait upon him hand and foot
And always tell him “No?”
Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why am I the one who must be the thief ?
Come to me now, you know
We’re so alone
And life is brief.

We pointed out the way to go
And scratched your name in sand
Though you just thought that it was nothing more
Than a place for you to stand
Now I want you to know that while you watched
You discover there was no one true
Must everybody really thought
It was a childish thing to do
Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why am I the one who must be the thief ?
Come to me now, you know
We’re so alone
And life is brief.

It was all very painless
When you went out to receive
All that false instruction
Which we never could believe
And now the heart is filled with gold
As if it was a purse
But oh, what kind of love is this
Which goes from bad to worse ?
Tears of rage, tears of grief
Why am I the one who must be the thief ?
Come to me now, you know
We’re so alone
And life is brief.

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About Lyrics and Tears Of Rage by Bob Dylan

The lyrics for Tears Of Rage are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Bob Dylan. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Tears Of Rage have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Tears Of Rage - Bob Dylan and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Tears Of Rage by Bob Dylan in multiple ways. 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 Tears Of Rage" means the words set to the music of Tears Of Rage, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Dylan. 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 Tears Of Rage and the lyrics to Tears Of Rage are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Dylan who came here looking just for the lyrics to Tears Of Rage, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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