Lyrics to
Sweet Leaf

This version of Sweet Leaf was released by Black Sabbath in 1971.

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ALRIGHT NOW!
Won’t you listen?

When I first met you, didn’t realize
I can’t forget you, for your surprise
you introduced me, to my mind
And left me wanting, you and your kind

I love you, Oh you know it

My life was empty, forever on a down
Until you took me, showed me around
My life is free now, my life is clear
I love you sweet leaf, though you can’t hear

Come on now, try it out

Straight people don’t know, what you’re about
They put you down and shut you out
you gave to me a new belief
and soon the world will love you sweet leaf

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About Lyrics and Sweet Leaf by Black Sabbath

When you decide to study the lyrics to Sweet Leaf, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1971 song by Black Sabbath. Some of the lyrics to Sweet Leaf have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Black Sabbath and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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