Lyrics to
The Derelict

This version of The Derelict was released by Fleetwood Mac in 1973.

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Oh I slept in a derelict
And I ate off the floor
I was wrapped in a blanket
As a knock came on the door
You can get out of here
Said a man in a raincoat
So I moved in with you and you loved me
Took a trip down the highway
And I spoke with my folks
It’s a serious business
And there’s no time for jokes
You can get out of here
Said a middle aged lady
So I moved in with you, and you loved me
Yes you loved, you loved me
There was so much at stake
Too much confusion
I’d had all I could take
No more get out of heres
From a man in a raincoat
Cause I moved in with you, and you loved me

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Fleetwood Mac has released many songs over the years besides The Derelict. Fleetwood Mac released songs from 1968 to 2003 spanning across albums like Fleetwood Mac, Mr. Wonderful, Then Play On, Kiln House, Future Games, Bare Trees, Penguin, Mystery To Me, Heroes Are Hard To Find, Rumours, Tusk, Mirage, Tango In The Night, Behind The Mask, Time, The Dance, and Say You Will. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Fleetwood Mac.

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About Lyrics and The Derelict by Fleetwood Mac

When you decide to study the lyrics to The Derelict, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Fleetwood Mac. Some of the lyrics to The Derelict have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Fleetwood Mac and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to The Derelict 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 The Derelict" means the words set to the music of The Derelict, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Fleetwood Mac. 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 The Derelict and the lyrics to The Derelict are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Fleetwood Mac who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Derelict, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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