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Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead

This version of Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead was released by Bonnie Raitt in 1971.

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When you give more than you get
You’re in danger
You may find that you’re in love
With a stranger

But who knows what evil
Lurks within the hearts of men?
It’s vanity, insanity
You play what you can’t win

If you find that you’re losing
Girl, it’s time to get on moving
‘Cause there’s danger
Heartbreak dead ahead

Well, it only takes one second, girl, to learn
That playing with fire will get you burned
So girl, don’t you be foolish

They say that love is blind
But it’s clear as the highway sign
That reads ‘Danger, heartbreak dead ahead’
Heartbreak dead ahead

Better mind, girl, read the sign, girl
Yeah, danger and heartbreak dead ahead

I want somebody’s boy
(Heartbreak dead ahead)
Start packing up your heart
Now listen to me, girl

There’s nothing to be gained
So don’t keep going on in vain
There’s danger and heartbreak dead ahead
Yeah, I said, “There’s danger and heartbreak dead ahead”

Danger, I said, “There’s danger”
(Heartbreak dead ahead)
I said, “There’s danger and heartbreak dead ahead”
Baby, yeah, I said, “There’s danger”
(Heartbreak dead ahead)

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

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