Lyrics to
Call For The Priest

This version of Call For The Priest was released by Judas Priest in 1977.

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Well, the pressure’s too much, you know I peaked last night
I gotta get some a quick release
City is standing on my shoulders
My body’s going piece by piece
Yeah!

Yes I know what I want and I know where to get it
And I’m going there right away
This is one priest that I don’t have to fall on
Down to my knees and pray
No!

When your back’s to the wall come along one and all
We shall fight all the slander that’s penned
It’s us we shall choose let the bigoted lose
For our triumph’s the means to their end

With you by my side I shall ride every storm

Let the cynics drop dead in their critical head
They’re wrist merchants as we all can see
Bunch of deaf ears with their columnized fears
What a shame, what a shame, oh dear me!

When your back’s to the wall, come along one and all
We shall fight all the slander that’s penned
It’s us we shall choose let the bigoted lose
For our triumph’s the means to their end

Yes I know what I want and I know where to get it
And I’m going there right away
This is one priest that I don’t have to fall on
Down to my knees and pray

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The lyrics for Call For The Priest are defined as the words making up the song released by Judas Priest in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Call For The Priest have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Judas Priest 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 Call For The Priest by Judas Priest 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 Call For The Priest" means the words set to the music of Call For The Priest, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Judas Priest. 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 Call For The Priest and the lyrics to Call For The Priest are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Judas Priest who came here looking just for the lyrics to Call For The Priest, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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