Lyrics to
If You Can’t Rock Me

This version of If You Can’T Rock Me was released by The Rolling Stones in 1974.

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The band’s on stage and it’s one of those nights, oh yeah
The drummer thinks that he is dynamite, oh yeah
You lovely ladies in your leather and lace
A thousand lips I would love to taste
I’ve got one heart and it hurts like hell
If you can’t rock me somebody will
If you can’t rock me somebody will
Now who’s that black girl in the bright blue hair, oh yeah
Now don’t you know that it’s rude to stare, oh yeah
I’m not so green but I’m feelin’ so fresh
I simply like to put her to the test
She’s so alive and she’s dressed to kill, but
If you can’t rock me somebody will
If you can’t rock me somebody will
If you can’t rock me somebody will
If you can’t rock me somebody will
Now I ain’t lookin’ for no pretty face, oh no
Or for some hooker workin’ roughish trade
And there ain’t nothing like a perfect mate
And I ain’t lookin’ for no wedding cake
But I been talkin’ ’bout it much too long
I think I better sing just one more song
I’ve got one heart and it hurts like hell
I’m simply dying for some thrills and spills
Oh yeah
If you can’t rock me
If you can’t rock me, somebody will
Somebody will, somebody will
If you can’t rock me
Well, well, well, well

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About Lyrics and If You Can’T Rock Me by The Rolling Stones

The lyrics for If You Can’T Rock Me are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by The Rolling Stones. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to If You Can’T Rock Me 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 If You Can’T Rock Me - The Rolling Stones 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 If You Can’T Rock Me by The Rolling Stones 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 If You Can’T Rock Me" means the words set to the music of If You Can’T Rock Me, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Rolling Stones. 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 If You Can’T Rock Me and the lyrics to If You Can’T Rock Me are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Rolling Stones who came here looking just for the lyrics to If You Can’T Rock Me, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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