Lyrics to
Evil Woman

This version of Evil Woman was released by The Doobie Brothers in 1973.

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Well, the light’s turnin’ gray, nearly eve’ry day
Come a walkin’ into town and try to find the way
Well, I’ve only got a nickel, got to score myself a dime
And try to make it ’til tomorrow, buy a little more time
Evil woman, evil woman
Evil woman

Well, my damsel she’s a woman with coal black hair
Don’t you look her in her eye when she starts to stare
‘Cause her beauty drive you crazy
And her potions steal your soul
No matter how you beg her she don’t ever let you go
Well, you can cry, you can plead
It won’t help you none
She’ll keep you in the shadows, never see the sun
Try to run, try to hide
Find a place to stay
No matter where you go you can’t get away

Evil woman, evil woman
Evil woman, oh

For evil woman set my life free
I can’t go on livin’ this way, no
Evil woman set my life free
Pullin’ me down, down
I can’t go on this way
Down, down my head will go against the floor again
Down, down my head will go against the floor again
Down, down I can’t go on this way
Down, down my head will go again
Down, down I can’t go on this way
Down, down my head will go again
Down, down I can’t go on this way
Down, down my head will go again
Down, down I can’t go on this way
Down, down, down

Well, the light’s turnin’ gray
Nearly ev’ry day
Come a walkin’ into town
Try to find my way
I said I only got a nickel
Got to score myself a dime
Try to make it ’til tomorrow
Buy a little more time
My damsel she’s a woman with coal black hair
Don’t you look her in her eye when she starts to stare
‘Cause her beauty drive you crazy
And her potions steal your soul
No matter how you beg her she don’t ever let you go

Evil woman, evil woman
Evil woman

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The Doobie Brothers has released many songs over the years besides Evil Woman. The Doobie Brothers released songs from 1971 to 2000 spanning across albums like The Doobie Brothers, Toulouse Street, The Captain And Me, What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits, Stampede, Takin' It To The Streets, Livin' On The Fault Line, Minute By Minute, One Step Closer, Cycles, Brotherhood, and Sibling Rivalry. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by The Doobie Brothers.

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About Lyrics and Evil Woman by The Doobie Brothers

The lyrics to Evil Woman are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Doobie Brothers used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to Evil Woman have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Doobie Brothers 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 Evil Woman by The Doobie Brothers. 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 Evil Woman" means the words set to the music of Evil Woman, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Doobie Brothers. 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 Evil Woman and the lyrics to Evil Woman are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Doobie Brothers who came here looking just for the lyrics to Evil Woman, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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