Lyrics to
Cheap Sunglasses

This version of Cheap Sunglasses was released by Zz Top in 1979.

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When you get up in the morning and the light is hurt your head
The first thing you do when you get up out of bed
Is hit that street a-runnin’ and try to meet the masses
And go get yourself some cheap sunglasses
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

Spied a little thing and I followed her all night
In a funky fine levis and her sweater’s kind of tight
She had a west coast strut that was sweet as molases
But what really knocked me out was her cheap sunglasses
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

Now go out and get yourself some thick black frames
With the glass so dark thay won’t even know your name
And the choice is up to you cause they come in two classes
Rhinestone shades and cheap sunglasses
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

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About Lyrics and Cheap Sunglasses by Zz Top

The lyrics to Cheap Sunglasses are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Zz Top used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Cheap Sunglasses have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Zz Top 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 Cheap Sunglasses by Zz Top. 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 Cheap Sunglasses" means the words set to the music of Cheap Sunglasses, 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 Cheap Sunglasses and the lyrics to Cheap Sunglasses 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 Cheap Sunglasses, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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