Lyrics to
Dirty Women

This version of Dirty Women was released by Black Sabbath in 1976.

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The neon lights are shining on me again
I walk the lonely streets in search of a friend
I need a lady to help me to get through the night, through the night
If I could find one then everything would be alright

The sleepy city is dreaming the night time away
Out on the street I watch tomorrow becoming today
I see a man, he’s got take away women for sale, yes for sale
Guess that’s the answer, ’cause take away women don’t fail

Oh dirty women, they don’t mess around
Oh dirty women, they don’t mess around
You’ve got me coming, You’ve got me going around
Oh dirty women, they don’t mess around

Walking the streets I wonder will it ever happen
Gotta be good ’cause then everything will be OK
If I could score tonight then I will end up happy

A woman for sale is gonna help me save my day…

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About Lyrics and Dirty Women by Black Sabbath

The lyrics to Dirty Women are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Black Sabbath used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Dirty Women have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Black Sabbath 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 Dirty Women by Black Sabbath. 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 Women" means the words set to the music of Dirty Women, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Black Sabbath. 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 Women and the lyrics to Dirty Women are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Black Sabbath who came here looking just for the lyrics to Dirty Women, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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