Lyrics to
Dark Horse

This version of Dark Horse was released by George Harrison in 1974.

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You thought that you knew where I was and when
But it looks like they’ve been foolin’ you again,
You thought that you’d got me all steaked out
But baby looks like I’ve been breaking out

I’m a dark horse
Running on a dark race course
I’m a blue moon
Since I stepped from out of the womb
I’ve been a cool jerk
Looking for the source
I’m a dark horse.

You thought you had got me in your grip
Baby looks like you was not so smart
And I became too slippery for you
But let me say that was nothing new.

I’m a dark horse
Running on a dark race course
I’m a blue moon
Since I picked up my first spoon
I’ve been a cool jerk
Looking for the source
I’m a dark horse

I thought that you knew it all along
Until you started getting me not right
Seems as if you heared a little late
But I warned you when
We both were at the starting gate

I’m a dark horse
Running on a dark race course
I’m a blue moon
Since I stepped from out of the womb
I’ve been a cool jerk
Cooking at the source
I’m a dark horse.

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The lyrics to Dark Horse are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by George Harrison in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Dark Horse are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by George Harrison and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Dark Horse back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Dark Horse by George Harrison in a number of ways. 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 Dark Horse" means the words set to the music of Dark Horse, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by George Harrison. 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 Dark Horse and the lyrics to Dark Horse are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of George Harrison who came here looking just for the lyrics to Dark Horse, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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