Lyrics to
Flick Of The Wrist

Released by Queen in 1974
From the Album: Sheer Heart Attack |

This version of Flick Of The Wrist was released by Queen in 1974.

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Dislocate your spine if you don’t sign he says
I’ll have you seeing double
Mesmerize you when he’s tongue-tied
Simply with those eyes
Synchronize your minds and see
The beast within him rise

Don’t look back
Don’t look back
It’s a rip-off
Flick of the wrist and you’re dead baby
Blow him a kiss and you’re mad
Flick of the wrist – he’ll eat your heart out
A dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
He’s taken an arm and taken a leg
All this time honey
Baby you’ve been had.

Intoxicate your brain with what I’m saying
If not you’ll lie in knee-deep trouble
Prostitute yourself he says
Castrate your human pride
Sacrifice your leisure days
Let me squeeze you till you’ve dried

Don’t look back
Don’t look back
It’s a rip-off

Work my fingers to my bones
I scream with pain
I still make no impression
Seduce you with his money-make machine
Cross-collateralize, (big-time money, money)
Reduce you to a muzak-fake machine
Then the last goodbye
It’s a rip-off

Flick of the wrist and you’re dead baby
Blow him a kiss and you’re mad
Flick of the wrist – he’ll eat your heart out
A dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
He’s taken an arm, and taken a leg
All this time honey
Baby you’ve been had


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About Lyrics and Flick Of The Wrist by Queen

The lyrics for Flick Of The Wrist are defined as the words making up the song released by Queen in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Flick Of The Wrist have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Queen and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Flick Of The Wrist by Queen if you think through it. 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 Flick Of The Wrist" means the words set to the music of Flick Of The Wrist, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Queen. 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 Flick Of The Wrist and the lyrics to Flick Of The Wrist are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Queen who came here looking just for the lyrics to Flick Of The Wrist, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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