Lyrics to
Lady Grinning Soul

This version of Lady Grinning Soul was released by David Bowie in 1973.

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She’ll come, she’ll go.
She’ll lay belief on you
Skin sweet with musky oil
The lady from another grinning soul

Cologne she’ll wear. Silver and Americard
She’ll drive a beetle car
And beat you down at cool Canasta

And when the clothes are strewn
don’t be afraid of the room
Touch the fullness of her breast.
Feel the love of her caress
She will be your living end

She’ll come, she’ll go.
She’ll lay belief on you
But she won’t stake her life on you
How can life become
her point of view

And when the clothes are strewn
don’t be afraid of the room
Touch the fullness of her breast.
Feel the love of her caress
She will be your living end

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About Lyrics and Lady Grinning Soul by David Bowie

The lyrics for Lady Grinning Soul are defined as the words making up the song released by David Bowie in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Lady Grinning Soul have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only David Bowie 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 Lady Grinning Soul by David Bowie 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 Lady Grinning Soul" means the words set to the music of Lady Grinning Soul, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by David Bowie. 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 Lady Grinning Soul and the lyrics to Lady Grinning Soul are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of David Bowie who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lady Grinning Soul, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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