Lyrics to
Lawman

This version of Lawman was released by Motorhead in 1979.

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Your evil eye, in the night,
Cruising low, flashing white,
There together, in the dark,
But it ain’t no friend just another scared nark,
Lawman, I think you’re a poor man

Every time you speak to me,
Makes it plain that you don’t see,
What’s really happening here,
You just confuse respect with fear,
Lawman, I think you’re a poor man

I see you in the Crown Court,
Seems to me it’s like a blood sport,
I know you live by a book of rules,
But anyone who needs a book is a fool,
Lawman, I think you’re a poor man

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About Lyrics and Lawman by Motorhead

The lyrics for Lawman are defined as the words making up the song released by Motorhead in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Lawman have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Motorhead 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 Lawman by Motorhead 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 Lawman" means the words set to the music of Lawman, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Motorhead. 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 Lawman and the lyrics to Lawman are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Motorhead who came here looking just for the lyrics to Lawman, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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