Lyrics to
Bloodsucker

This version of Bloodsucker was released by Deep Purple in 1970.

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Gotta black breast Chinese eyes
Got an English brain that’s gonna make me wise
Got a long story that I wanna tell
To a rhythm that I know so well
Really got a lot of lovin’ that I wanna give
Baby I’m a mystery but you know I gotta live
I tried another but she didn’t want to know

Take a hold now if you can
Take a lesson from a hard lovin’ man
I’m a long way from where I wanna go
Guess I’ll stay awhile I really love you so
How’s about another sip of all the wine you got
Take a tip from me and give it here I’ll drink the lot
I’m not a winey, I’m a puttin’ on a show

You really really grab me but I’ve gotta move
Before they know I’m here and spread the news
Maybe in while when I’ve moved around
I can find a way to pay you back your twenty pounds
Really got a lot of lovin’ that I wanna give
Baby I’m a mystery but you know I gotta live
I tried another but she didn’t want to know

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Deep Purple has released many songs over the years besides Bloodsucker. Deep Purple released songs from 1968 to 2005 spanning across albums like The Book Of Taliesyn, Shades Of Deep Purple, Deep Purple, Deep Purple In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Who Do We Think We Are, Burn, Stormbringer, Come Taste The Band, Perfect Strangers, The House Of Blue Light, Slaves And Masters, The Battle Rages On..., Purpendicular, Abandon, Bananas, and Rapture Of The Deep. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Deep Purple.

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You can understand the lyrics to Bloodsucker if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Bloodsucker" means the words set to the music of Bloodsucker, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Deep Purple. 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 Bloodsucker and the lyrics to Bloodsucker are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Deep Purple who came here looking just for the lyrics to Bloodsucker, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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