Lyrics to
Dust My Broom

This version of Dust My Broom was released by Zz Top in 1979.

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I’m gonna get up in the morning
I believe I’ll dust my broom.
I’m gonna get up in the morning
I believe I’ll dust my broom.
Well my best gal I’ll be leaving
So my friend, get out my room

I’m gonna write a letter to China
See if my baby’s over there.
I’m gonna write a letter to China
See if my baby’s over there.
If she ain’t up in the Hawaiian Islands,
Must be in Ethiopia somewhere

I believe believe my time alone
I believe believe my time alone
I’ve had to quit my baby and give up my happy home

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About Lyrics and Dust My Broom by Zz Top

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

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