Lyrics to
Dirty White Boy

This version of Dirty White Boy was released by Foreigner in 1979.

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Hey, baby, if you’re feelin’ down
I know what’s good for you all day
Are you worried what your friends see
Will it ruin your reputation lovin’ me

‘Cause I’m a dirty white boy
Yeah a dirty white boy
A dirty white boy

Don’t drive no big black car
Don’t like no Hollywood movie star
You want me to be true to you
You don’t give a damn what I do to you

I’m just a dirty white boy
Dirty white boy, dirty white boy
Dirty white boy, dirty white boy
Dirty white boy

Well, I’m a dirty white boy
Dirty white boy, dirty white boy
Dirty white boy, yeah, dirty white boy
A dirty white boy

I’ve been in trouble since I don’t know when
I’m in trouble now and I now somehow I’ll find trouble again
I’m a loner, but I’m never alone
Every night I get one step closer to the danger zone

‘Cause I’m a dirty white boy
Dirty white boy, yeah, dirty white boy
Dirty white boy, I’m a dirty white boy
Dirty white boy

C’mon, c’mon boy
Dirty white boy, white boy
Dirty white boy, I’m a dirty white boy
Dirty white boy

Hey, I’m a dirty white boy
Dirty white boy, yeah, I’m a dirty white boy
Dirty white boy, dirty white boy, yeah

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Foreigner has released many songs over the years besides Dirty White Boy. Foreigner released songs from 1977 to 1994 spanning across albums like Foreigner, Double Vision, Head Games, 4, Agent Provocateur, Inside Information, Unusual Heat, and Mr Moonlight. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Foreigner.

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About Lyrics and Dirty White Boy by Foreigner

The lyrics for Dirty White Boy are defined as the words making up the song released by Foreigner in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Dirty White Boy have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Foreigner and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Dirty White Boy by Foreigner if you think through it. 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 Dirty White Boy" means the words set to the music of Dirty White Boy, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Foreigner. 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 Dirty White Boy and the lyrics to Dirty White Boy are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Foreigner who came here looking just for the lyrics to Dirty White Boy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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