Lyrics to
Black Leather

This version of Black Leather was released by The Runaways in 1978.

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Ooh,
Well, he’s all geared up, walkin’ down the street
I can see the slime, drippin’ down his sleeve
Well, you can’t refuse and you just can’t choose what he’s gonna do
Well, you can’t refuse and you just can’t choose what he’s gonna do

Ooh,
Well, it’s late at night, and I’m all alone
I can hear the boots gettin’ near her home
Well, you can’t refuse and you just can’t choose what he’s gonna do
Well, you can’t refuse and you just can’t choose what he’s gonna do

Scratch, scratch, he’s clawing at the door
Whoa, no, I can’t take it anymore
Crack, crack I’m feeling so sore,
I never should have asked for black leather
Black leather, black leather, black leather

You can try to hide, you know you won’t get far
You let him in, and you’ll start again
Well, you can’t refuse and you just can’t choose what he’s gonna do
Well, you can’t refuse and you just can’t choose what he’s gonna do

Scratch, scratch, she’s clawing at the door
Whoa, no, I can’t take it anymore
Crack, crack I’m feeling so sore,
I never should asked for black leather
Black leather, black leather, black leather

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About Lyrics and Black Leather by The Runaways

The lyrics to Black Leather are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Runaways used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Black Leather have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Runaways and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Black Leather by The Runaways. 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 Leather" means the words set to the music of Black Leather, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Runaways. 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 Leather and the lyrics to Black Leather are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Runaways who came here looking just for the lyrics to Black Leather, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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