Lyrics to
Eye For An Eye

This version of Eye For An Eye was released by Quiet Riot in 1978.

Our About Quiet Riot page at Decade Lyrics includes the lyrics for Eye For An Eye from 1978 as well as all of the other lyrics from Quiet Riot that we have in our lyrics database.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Quiet Riot or about the 1970s in general.

You turned me over now I’ll turn you around
Mistakes are made, foul play
You have givin’ is what I found
You’ll be my queen for a day
I’m no matinee idol
You put it in the wrong way
If I was Valentino
It’d been the same

It’s like an eye for an eye
Give me some proof
Speak up now or it’s a tooth for a tooth
An eye for an eye
Give me some proof
Time is runnin’ out on you

Watcha gonna do?

No need to smile while I make my advance
But please don’t turn away
Your reputation got me into your pants
But you weren’t that great
Well now you turned the tables
It’s the other way
I’ve got my revenge baby
And you want to stay

It’s like an eye for an eye
Give me some proof
Speak up now or it’s a tooth for a tooth
An eye for an eye
Give me some proof
Time is runnin’ out on you

Watcha gonna do?

It’s like an eye for an eye
Give me some proof
Speak up now or it’s a tooth for a tooth
An eye for an eye
Give me some proof
Time is runnin’ out on you

Watcha gonna do?
Watcha gonna do?
Watcha gonna do?
Watcha gonna do?
Watcha gonna do?
Watcha gonna do?
Watcha gonna do?

---

Want more lyrics and songs by Quiet Riot?

Quiet Riot has released many songs over the years besides Eye For An Eye. Quiet Riot released songs from 1977 to 1999 spanning across albums like Quiet Riot, Quiet Riot II, Metal Health, Condition Critical, Quiet Riot III, QR, The Randy Rhoads Years, Down To The Bone, and Alive And Well. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Quiet Riot.

If you're a fan of popular 1970s songs looking for more songs from 1978 or the 1970s overall, you've come to the right place!

About Lyrics and Eye For An Eye by Quiet Riot

The lyrics to Eye For An Eye are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Quiet Riot used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Eye For An Eye have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Quiet Riot 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 Eye For An Eye by Quiet Riot. 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 Eye For An Eye" means the words set to the music of Eye For An Eye, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Quiet Riot. 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 Eye For An Eye and the lyrics to Eye For An Eye are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Quiet Riot who came here looking just for the lyrics to Eye For An Eye, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

More Songs & Lyrics by Quiet Riot

Visit our Quiet Riot profile for more Quiet Riot songs, lyrics & info!

)