Lyrics to
Great Balls Of Fire

This version of Great Balls Of Fire was released by Dolly Parton in 1979.

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You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
Too much love can drive a girl insane
You broke my will oh but what a thrill
Goodness gracious great balls of fire
I like that love cause I thought it was funny
You came along and you move me honey
I change my mind this love is sure fine
Goodness gracious great balls of fire

Ooh kiss me baby, ooh it feels good
Ooh hold me, hold me, I would love to love you
Like a lover should
‘Cause you’re fine, and so kind
I tell the world that you’re mine, mine, mine, mine
I chew my nails and I twiddle my thumbs
I’m real nervous but it sure is fun
You broke my will but I love you still and
Goodness gracious great balls of fire

Goodness gracious great balls of fire
Ooh kiss my baby, ooh it feels good, ooh hold me
Baby, you ought to love me like a lover should
‘Cause you’re fine, and so kind
I tell this world that you’re mine, mine, mine, mine

I love that you love cause I thought it was funny
You came along and you move me honey
I change my mind, this love is sure fine
Goodness gracious great balls of fire

Kiss me baby, ooh it feels good
Ooh hold me, hold me
You ought to love me like a lover should
‘Cause you’re fine and so kind
I tell the world that you’re mine, mine, mine, mine
I chew my nails and I twiddle my thumbs
I sure am nervous
But I’m sure havin’ fun
I change my mind, this love is sure fine
Goodness gracious great balls of fire

Yeah, yeah, yeah, oh, you broke my will, but what a thrill
Goodness gracious great balls of fire
You broke my will but I love you still
Goodness gracious great balls of fire

Goodness gracious great balls of fire

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About Lyrics and Great Balls Of Fire by Dolly Parton

When you decide to study the lyrics to Great Balls Of Fire, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Dolly Parton. Some of the lyrics to Great Balls Of Fire have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Dolly Parton and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Great Balls Of Fire if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Great Balls Of Fire" means the words set to the music of Great Balls Of Fire, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Dolly Parton. 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 Great Balls Of Fire and the lyrics to Great Balls Of Fire are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Dolly Parton who came here looking just for the lyrics to Great Balls Of Fire, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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