Lyrics to
Goldfever

This version of Goldfever was released by Rick Springfield in 1976.

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That’s not the way, that’s not the way of the world
Late night creeper with a Saturday Night,
Saturday Night Special
After some poor storekeeper, you need more and more just to
stay alive
Ooh it’s a sin, baby you fight to win
But the rich get richer and the poor keep on living in ditches

Goldfever, let me tell you about goldfever
Don’t you know that it’s on old fever
And I tell you it’s a cold killer
Said I’m talking about goldfever
Don’t you know that it’s an old fever
And I tell you it’s a heartbreaker
Yeah I’m talking about goldfever
Let me tell about, let me tell you about goldfever

Big business man, incorporate this, incorporate that, yeah
You’re making all them dollar bills
But you no longer see humanity needs love
Ooh, it’s a crime, baby in 3/4 time
Go on with your billions
while the people keep on dying in millions

Goldfever, let me tell you about goldfever
Don’t you know that it’s on old fever
And I tell you it’s a cold killer
Said I’m talking about goldfever
Don’t you know that it’s an old fever
And I tell you it’s a heartbreaker
Yeah I’m talking about goldfever
Let me tell about, let me tell you about goldfever

And it hits you like a cold fever
It comes on like a real sensation
But it will leave you in desolation
Yeah, I’m talking about goldfever
And though I know that it’s an old fever
It’s a number one best seller
And it can put you in heaven or hell
Ah, let me tell you about goldfever
Don’t you know that it’s an old fever
And I tell you it’s a cold killer
Let me tell you about goldfever
Let me tell you about, let me tell you about goldfever

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Rick Springfield has released many songs over the years besides Goldfever. Rick Springfield released songs from 1972 to 2007 spanning across albums like Beginnings, Comic Book Heroes, Mission Magic!, Wait For Night, Working Class Dog, Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet, Living In Oz, Beautiful Feelings, Hard To Hold, Tao, Rock Of Life, Sahara Snow, Karma, Shock/Denial/Anger/Acceptance, The Day After Yesterday, and Christmas With You. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Rick Springfield.

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About Lyrics and Goldfever by Rick Springfield

The lyrics to Goldfever are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Rick Springfield in 1976. Elements of the lyrics to Goldfever are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Rick Springfield and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Goldfever back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Goldfever by Rick Springfield in a number of 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 Goldfever" means the words set to the music of Goldfever, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rick Springfield. 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 Goldfever and the lyrics to Goldfever are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rick Springfield who came here looking just for the lyrics to Goldfever, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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