Lyrics to
Give Me A Ride (Roller Coaster)

This version of Give Me A Ride (Roller Coaster) was released by Reo Speedwagon in 1974.

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Give me a ride on your roller coaster
Give me a thrill, I can’t help feelin’ bored
Give me a dime to call my baby closer
‘Cause I’m alone, I’m feelin’ bored
I can’t help thinking I’m ignored
I’ve been away far too long to recall
Just what it’s like to be among my friends
Give me a pill to ease my nervous tension
‘Cause I can’t hardly see the end
I long to be among my friends

I’ve been on the road for too long, I don’t know
I’m walking around and I don’t know where to go.
Well I’m half-crazed and I don’t know who to be
Won’t you please! Help me please!
Won’t you please! I long to be at ease!

Give me a ride on your magic carpet
Take me away from this mediocrity
What must I do to get me feeling better
I guess it all boils down to me
Responsibility’s on me

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About Lyrics and Give Me A Ride (Roller Coaster) by Reo Speedwagon

The lyrics for Give Me A Ride (Roller Coaster) are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by Reo Speedwagon. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Give Me A Ride (Roller Coaster) have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Give Me A Ride (Roller Coaster) - Reo Speedwagon and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Give Me A Ride (Roller Coaster) by Reo Speedwagon in multiple ways. 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 Give Me A Ride (Roller Coaster)" means the words set to the music of Give Me A Ride (Roller Coaster), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Reo Speedwagon. 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 Give Me A Ride (Roller Coaster) and the lyrics to Give Me A Ride (Roller Coaster) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Reo Speedwagon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Give Me A Ride (Roller Coaster), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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