Lyrics to
Kentucky Fried Blues

This version of Kentucky Fried Blues was released by Nazareth in 1977.

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I got no time to eat
I got no time to sleep
I got a truck full of stuff
Should’ve been there last week
I’ve been livin’ in truck stops
My body feels used
Got the hamburger that’s right, yeah
The kentucky fried blues

Flyin’ high in my cab
Got my foot on the gas
Got to get there tonight
Showin’ nothin’ but a pass
Tired of livin’ in truck stops, have mercy
My body feels used
Got the hamburger, that’s right, yeah
Kentucky fried blues

Even in the fast lane
Seems to slow down my brain
Got one hell of a deadline
Riggers do not complain
Tired of livin’ in truck stops
Lord my body feels used
Got the hamburger that’s right yeah, yeah, yeah
Kentucky fried blues.

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About Lyrics and Kentucky Fried Blues by Nazareth

The lyrics for Kentucky Fried Blues are defined as the words making up the song released by Nazareth in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Kentucky Fried Blues have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Nazareth 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 Kentucky Fried Blues by Nazareth 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 Kentucky Fried Blues" means the words set to the music of Kentucky Fried Blues, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Nazareth. 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 Kentucky Fried Blues and the lyrics to Kentucky Fried Blues are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Nazareth who came here looking just for the lyrics to Kentucky Fried Blues, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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