Lyrics to
Danger Zone

This version of Danger Zone was released by Rainbow in 1979.

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Shaking off the tresholds of a long forgotten dream
And you just can’t make it last
Coaching paradise on a personal line
But you get fired to fast
And you lie, memories drifting by

Love don’t make it on those pin-striped nights
When you’re looking through someone’s disguise
You can’t make it alone, so you gotta make a move
But you’re looking at nobody’s eyes
Well that’s love, or maybe love come and go

Looking for love is a danger zone
Love don’t go begging in the danger zone
You won’t get nothing from the danger zone

Tales that you tell from the stories that you’ll hear
And you’ll get what you can while you may
Don’t understand when you’re looking for a dame
But it’s only a heartbreak away
And you’ll learn, faking has no return

No way when you’re feeling that way
Will your feet get caught up in the crowd
And the song that you sing is too soft to be heard
But your speakers are way too loud
Like the pain, loving is no big game

Looking for love is a danger zone
No don’t go living in the danger zone
You won’t get nothing from the danger zone
Don’t take no chances in the danger zone
Love don’t go begging in the danger zone

No don’t go living in the danger zone
You won’t get nothing from the danger zone
Don’t take no chances in the danger zone
Love don’t go begging in the danger zone

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About Lyrics and Danger Zone by Rainbow

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

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