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Vagabond Of The Western World

Released by Thin Lizzy in 1973
From the Album: Vagabonds Of The Western World |

This version of Vagabond Of The Western World was released by Thin Lizzy in 1973.

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I could tell you the story of a vagabond
A playboy of the western world
One day by chance he came upon
A fair young maid, a country girl

He told her that he loved her
And he took all of her silver
He told her that he needed her too
He said “Hey baby, you got eyes of blue”
But he was a vagabond

Blue eyes, oh baby blue, oh blue eyes
The kind of eyes that say “I do” eyes
Oh baby blue, oh blue eyes
Oh baby blue, oh blue eyes

He roamed around the cities
Searching for his fortune and fame
No lady ever got to know his name
Shame, but that was his game

Gave a girl a baby boy
He said “This child is my pride and joy”
“I’m busy running wild and free”
“Make sure he grows up like me”
And I’m a vagabond

Blue eyes, oh baby blue, oh blue eyes
The kind of eyes that say “I do” eyes
Oh baby blue, oh blue eyes
Oh baby blue, oh blue eyes

Oh I could tell you a story of a vagabond
He was a playboy of the western world
He wore an earring in his left ear
You see his father he was a gypsy

You just might meet him upon the highway
Pretty fine dancer too
But he’s leave you blue, he’d leave
He’d leave you woman


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The lyrics to Vagabond Of The Western World are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Thin Lizzy used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to Vagabond Of The Western World have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Thin Lizzy and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

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If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Vagabond Of The Western World by Thin Lizzy. 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 Vagabond Of The Western World" means the words set to the music of Vagabond Of The Western World, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Thin Lizzy. 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 Vagabond Of The Western World and the lyrics to Vagabond Of The Western World are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Thin Lizzy who came here looking just for the lyrics to Vagabond Of The Western World, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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