Lyrics to
Ball Crusher

This version of Ball Crusher was released by Steppenwolf in 1970.

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Drop down Mama let your boss man see
If you can howl just like a dog for me
Black leather is my favorite game
And you will learn how to scream my name

Look here girl, rest your gums
I’m gonna do like your daddy done
Now let me see you Baby, rockin’ soft and slow
Hey! If you don’t believe I’ll follow you down girl
You’ve got to go
Don’t ya squeeze me Baby, or you will earn your stripes
And you better not be a ball crusher
If you don’t know how to pay the price

Now if you really want to taste a joy supreme
You should stay and meet the team
The vulture and his plastic straw
Make you want to dance and shout for more
Come on Baby let me show you ’round the room
And give you time to holler
Any time you can sling it around
We can surly raise a dollar

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About Lyrics and Ball Crusher by Steppenwolf

The lyrics to Ball Crusher are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Steppenwolf in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to Ball Crusher are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Steppenwolf and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Ball Crusher back when it was created.

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

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