Lyrics to
Black Dog

This version of Black Dog was released by Led Zeppelin in 1971.

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Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move, gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove.
Oh, oh, child, way you shake that thing, gonna make you burn, gonna make you sting.
Hey, hey, baby, when you walk that way, watch your honey drip, can’t keep away.

Ah yeah, ah yeah, ah, ah, ah. Ah yeah, ah yeah, ah, ah, ah.
I gotta roll, can’t stand still, got a flaming heart, can’t get my fill
Eyes that shine burning red, dreams of you all through my head.
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.

Hey, baby, oh, baby, pretty baby, tell me that you’ll do me now
Hey, baby, oh, baby, pretty baby, do me like you do me now
Didn’t take too long ‘fore I found out, what people mean my down and out.
Spent my money, took my car, started telling her friends she wants to be a star.
I don’t know but I been told, a big-legged woman ain’t got no soul.

All I ask for when I pray, steady rollin’ woman gonna come my way.
Need a woman gonna hold my hand, won’t tell me no lies, make me a happy man.
Ah ah Ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah ah Ah ah ah

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The lyrics for Black Dog are defined as the words making up the song released by Led Zeppelin in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Black Dog have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Led Zeppelin and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Black Dog by Led Zeppelin if you think through it. 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 Black Dog" means the words set to the music of Black Dog, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Led Zeppelin. 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 Black Dog and the lyrics to Black Dog are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Led Zeppelin who came here looking just for the lyrics to Black Dog, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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