Lyrics to
Comin’ Home

This version of Comin’ Home was released by Deep Purple in 1975.

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My mama showed me how to rock in the cradle
But I learned how to roll along
My papa said “son, gotta git some fun,
Cos when your old it ain’t too good on your own”
Been so long since you heard my song
Gonna pick up my guitar and play
Felt so bad when I had to leave you
But I knew that I’d be back some day

So I’m comin’ home
To give you more than you bargained for
Comin’ home
No mistake I’m gonna shiver ‘n’ shake
Comin’ home
Gonna rock ‘n’ roll an’ give you my soul
Comin’ home
I got over the pain I’m comin’ home again

Groovin to American Bandstand
B.B. onstage with ‘Lucille’
The thrill is gone but it won’t be for long
Cos you know I like to play how you feel
Now that we’re back together
Gonna shiver ‘n’ shake all night
I just gotta say the music I play
Will sure enough make you feel alright

Tho I learned how to rock in the cradle
An’ rollin’ came so easy to me
All the years I travelled the world
Made it so clear to see
It’s been so long since you heard my song
Gonna pick up my guitar ‘n’ play
Felt so bad when I had to leave you
But I knew that I’d be back some day

Comin’ home
To give you more than you baragained for
Comin’ home
No mistake I’m gonna shiver and shake
Comin’ home
Gonna rock ‘n’ roll and give you my soul
Comin’ home
I got over the pain I’m comin’ home again
Comin’ home
Shiver ‘n’ shakin’ anticpatin’
Comin’ home
The thrill is gone but it won’t be for long

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About Lyrics and Comin’ Home by Deep Purple

The lyrics to Comin’ Home are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Deep Purple used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to Comin’ Home have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Deep Purple 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 Comin’ Home by Deep Purple. 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 Comin’ Home" means the words set to the music of Comin’ Home, 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 Comin’ Home and the lyrics to Comin’ Home 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 Comin’ Home, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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