Lyrics to
Hey Julia

This version of Hey Julia was released by Robert Palmer in 1974.

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Hey, hey julia, you’re acting so peculiar
I know I’d never fool you in a million years
A horn section you resemble and your figure makes me tremble
And I sure would like to handle what’s between your ears
You’re a temptation to a man
I could not resist you and I won’t if I can
You’re so unexpected and whatever you injected made me feel how I felt when I sang

Hey, hey julia you’re acting so peculiar
I know I’d never fool you in a million years
You’re a strain on my eyeses and you’re full of surprises
Love materializes soon as you come near.
There’s a sensation you create,
Robs me of my sleep and I’ve forgotten the date
My head started spinning soon as you started singing
And like a fish I just rose to the bait.

Hey, hey julia with your crazy sense of humor
You turn fact into rumor soon as you come near
A horn section you resemble and your figure makes me tremble
And I sure would like to handle what’s between your ears
You’re a temptation to a man
I could not resist you and I won’t if I can.
You’re so unexpected and whatever you injected made me feel how I felt when I sang
Julia, you’re a danger just like giving sweets to strangers
And I think it’s time I took you in hand.

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About Lyrics and Hey Julia by Robert Palmer

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

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

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