Lyrics to
Expect No Mercy

This version of Expect No Mercy was released by Nazareth in 1977.

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If you’re ready for the street
You wanna mix it in some fight
Let me tell you somethin’
Now I don’t wanna get you uptight
But if you’re in a corner
And you can’t find no way out
Don’t look around for no help
No, no there won’t be any around

Expect no mercy, expect no mercy
Expect no mercy, expect no mercy

So you think you got a case
And you think you know the score
No you don’t wanna listen
You can’t be told no more
But wait’ll you get out there
You better do it right
‘Cause the streets are lined with things that kill
And they’re hidin’ in the night

Expect no mercy, expect no mercy
Expect no mercy, expect no mercy
Expect no mercy, expect no mercy
Expect no mercy, expect no mercy

Feel that you can cut it
You think you got the time
They’ll only give you one chance
Better get it right first time
And the game you’re playing
If you lose you gotta pay
If you make just one wrong move
You’ll get blown away

Expect no mercy, expect no mercy
Expect no mercy, expect no mercy
Expect no mercy, expect no mercy
Expect no mercy, expect no mercy

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About Lyrics and Expect No Mercy by Nazareth

The lyrics to Expect No Mercy are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Nazareth used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Expect No Mercy have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Nazareth 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 Expect No Mercy by Nazareth. 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 Expect No Mercy" means the words set to the music of Expect No Mercy, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Nazareth. 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 Expect No Mercy and the lyrics to Expect No Mercy are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Nazareth who came here looking just for the lyrics to Expect No Mercy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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