Lyrics to Backdoor Medley

This version of Backdoor Medley was released by Zz Top in 1975.

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Got to have you, baby, even
though you say that you don’t care.
Got to have you, baby, even
though you say that you don’t care.
Any way you want it,
settle for a backdoor love affair.

Jump, jump here, jump, jump there,
jump, jump, baby, everywhere.
Don’t you mellow down easy,
babe, you got to mellow down easy.
Don’t you mellow down easy.
Got to mellow down easy.
Don’t you mellow down easy.
Got to mellow down easy, babe.
Don’t you mellow down easy.
Got to mellow down easy.
Don’t you mellow down easy.
Mellow down easy when you really wanna blow your top.

Shake, shake here, shake, shake there,
shake, shake, baby, everywhere.
Don’t you mellow down easy,
babe, you got to mellow down easy.
Don’t you mellow down easy.
Got to mellow down easy.
Don’t you mellow down easy.
Got to mellow down easy, babe.
Don’t you mellow down easy.
Got to mellow down easy.
Don’t you mellow down easy.
Mellow down easy when you really wanna blow your top.

Baby baby baby baby, don’t you want a man like me?
Uh-huh uh-huh, yes I do, yes I do.
Oh, baby baby baby baby, don’t you want a man like me?
Uh-huh uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh.
Oh, I give you lovin’ by the daytime,
night time you could take good care of me.

Is everybody feelin’ good? You makin’ us feel good, too!
Now, early this morning I got on that long distance telephone
and I called my mama.
I said, “Mama, this is your boy, and I’m way down here in
New Orleans, Louisiana.”
And she said, “That’s all right, boy.”
And she turned to my papa and she said,
“Papa, our boy’s way down there in New Orleans.
We cannot let him stay out all night long.”
She did!
Long about that time, I heard my papa lean toward my mama.
I heard papa tell mama, “Let that boy boogie-woogie.”
He said, “It’s in him and it’s got to come out.”

About Lyrics and Backdoor Medley by Zz Top

The lyrics to Backdoor Medley are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Zz Top in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Backdoor Medley are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Zz Top and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Backdoor Medley back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Backdoor Medley by Zz Top in a number of ways. 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 Backdoor Medley" means the words set to the music of Backdoor Medley, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Zz Top. 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 Backdoor Medley and the lyrics to Backdoor Medley are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Zz Top who came here looking just for the lyrics to Backdoor Medley, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.