Lyrics to
Chiquita

This version of Chiquita was released by Aerosmith in 1979.

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Ooooh, on the beach in Cartegena
She, salty baby with the name
Oh, chiquita
No no, chiquita

She, takes me walkin’ in de sunshine
She, she’ll be lovin’ ’til de moon shine

Love chiquita
Oh love chiquita

She, got the poppy eyed desire
Tease, ’til the boys put out your fire

Love chiquita
Oh, love chiquita

Oh, no, no, now don’t you wake me up, I’m dreamin’
No, no, no, if you shake me I’ll be screamin’

Love chiquita
Oh, love chiquita

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Aerosmith has released many songs over the years besides Chiquita. Aerosmith released songs from 1973 to 2004 spanning across albums like Aerosmith, Get Your Wings, Toys In The Attic, Rocks, Draw The Line, Night In The Ruts, Rock In A Hard Place, Done With Mirrors, Permanent Vacation, Pump, Get A Grip, Nine Lives, Just Push Play, and Honkin' On Bobo. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Aerosmith.

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About Lyrics and Chiquita by Aerosmith

The lyrics to Chiquita are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Aerosmith used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Chiquita have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Aerosmith 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 Chiquita by Aerosmith. 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 Chiquita" means the words set to the music of Chiquita, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Aerosmith. 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 Chiquita and the lyrics to Chiquita are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Aerosmith who came here looking just for the lyrics to Chiquita, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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