Lyrics to
Accident Prone

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I’m a lay-by lover and you’re just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now you’re on your own ‘cos I’m accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun

They say the devil loves his own and lady you just got to roll
He drives your modus-operandi, well lady you don’t get this soul
What you call love I can’t take no more
Go knock on someone else’s door

I’m a lay-by lover and you’re just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now you’re on your own ‘cos I’m accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun
‘Cos you specialise in your own kind of lies
Baby, you just hit and run
I just wanna say you keep driving that way
And one day you will be undone

I tried to love you my way but lady you just wouldn’t slow down
You drove right on through me when other guys came around
What you call love wouldn’t give to a stray
I wouldn’t treat a dog that way

I’m a lay-by lover and you’re just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now you’re on your own ‘cos I’m accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun
‘Cos you specialize in your own kind of lies
Baby you just hit and run
I just wanna say you keep driving that way
And one day you will be undone

One day you’ll have to slow down and lady it could be too late
You keep on accelerating and lady I can see your fate
No one wants a second-hand car
They know it’s been pushed too far

I’m a lay-by lover and you’re just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now you’re on your own ‘cos I’m accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun
‘Cos you specialize in your own kind of lies
Baby you just hit and run
You’re dragging me down with this riding around
And one day you will be undone

I’m a lay-by lover and you’re just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now you’re on your own ‘cos I’m accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun

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Status Quo has released many songs over the years besides Accident Prone. Status Quo released songs from 1968 to 2007 spanning across albums like Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo, Spare Parts, Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon, Dog Of Two Head, Piledriver, Hello!, Quo, On The Level, Blue For You, Rockin' All Over The World, If You Can't Stand The Heat, Whatever You Want, Just Supposin', Never Too Late, 1+9+8+2, Back To Back, In The Army Now, Ain't Complaining, Perfect Remedy, Rock 'Til You Drop, Thirsty Work, Don't Stop, Under The Influence, Famous In The Last Century, Heavy Traffic, The Party Ain't Over Yet, and In Search Of The Fourth Chord. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Status Quo.

About Lyrics and Accident Prone by Status Quo

When you decide to study the lyrics to Accident Prone, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1978 song by Status Quo. Some of the lyrics to Accident Prone have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Status Quo and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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