Lyrics to
Bar-B-Q

This version of Bar-B-Q was released by Zz Top in 1972.

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No, baby, tell me why don’t you?
Well, now, baby, tell me why don’t you?
Aw, baby, tell me why don’t you?

No, baby, now want to make me some?
Oh, now, baby, now want to make me some?
Aw, baby, now want to make me some?

No, baby, tell me why don’t you?
Oh, now, baby, tell me why don’t you
aw, make me some of your fine famous Bar-B-Q?

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About Lyrics and Bar-B-Q by Zz Top

The lyrics for Bar-B-Q are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by Zz Top. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Bar-B-Q have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Bar-B-Q - Zz Top and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Bar-B-Q by Zz Top in multiple 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 Bar-B-Q" means the words set to the music of Bar-B-Q, 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 Bar-B-Q and the lyrics to Bar-B-Q 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 Bar-B-Q, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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