Lyrics to
The Saga Of Pepote Rouge

This version of The Saga Of Pepote Rouge was released by The Band in 1977.

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There’s a legend of a lady on the mountain
Who lives alone beyond the mecca plain
And with her hands she makes it through the winter
She never goes against the grain

To be someone is to be someone alone
To be someone is known as solitude
To learn to sing below the surface
You must adjust your altitude

Break the news, Pepote Rouge is coming to town
We stand accused, Pepote Rouge, of bein’ hellbound
She had a vision, and now she holds the key
You don’t know what you want, ’til you find out what you need.

I was stranded on the damn coast when a lady
Called to me in a voice so soft and low
Her words resounded like a fountain of truth
And then she faded like a rainbow

Her golden spaceship with the mother of the earth
Carved in stone, the queen of avatars
Where seventy children were given birth
She then returned back to the stars

Break the news, Pepote Rouge is coming to town
We stand accused, Pepote Rouge, of bein’ hellbound
She can help us find our way and get across
You don’t know what you gained ’til you find out what you lost.

Pepote Rouge come down from the mountain
And lead our people into the light of day
For they are lost and know not where they’re goin’
And all their leaders are cast in clay

Now disbelief and mass confusion
Spreading wild across the land
You can call it love or call it wisdom
To be not savin’ a drowning man.

Break the news, Pepote Rouge is coming to town
We stand accused, Pepote Rouge, of bein’ hellbound
She can show us just where we went wrong
You don’t know where you’re goin’ ’til you find where you belong.

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The Band has released many songs over the years besides The Saga Of Pepote Rouge. The Band released songs from 1968 to 2002 spanning across albums like Music From Big Pink, The Band, Stage Fright, Cahoots, Moondog Matinee, Northern Lights - Southern Cross, Islands, Jericho, High On The Hog, Jubilation, and The Last Waltz. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by The Band.

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About Lyrics and The Saga Of Pepote Rouge by The Band

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Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to The Saga Of Pepote Rouge by The Band if you think through it. 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 Saga Of Pepote Rouge" means the words set to the music of The Saga Of Pepote Rouge, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Band. 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 Saga Of Pepote Rouge and the lyrics to The Saga Of Pepote Rouge are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Saga Of Pepote Rouge, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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