Lyrics to
Living Wreck

Released by Deep Purple in 1970
From the Album: Deep Purple In Rock |

This version of Living Wreck was released by Deep Purple in 1970.

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You came along for a weekend
But you only stayed for one night
You pulled off your hair
You took out your teeth
Oh I almost died of fright
You’d better do something for your own sake
Yes it’s a shame
Ah you know you’re a living wreck

You said you were a virgin
Full of promise and mystery
But I know that you
Would bring me down
‘Cos everyone calls you big G
You’d better do something for your own sake
Yes it’s a shame
Ah you know you’re a living wreck


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About Lyrics and Living Wreck by Deep Purple

The lyrics to Living Wreck are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Deep Purple in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to Living Wreck are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Deep Purple and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Living Wreck back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Living Wreck by Deep Purple in a number of 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 Living Wreck" means the words set to the music of Living Wreck, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Deep Purple. 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 Living Wreck and the lyrics to Living Wreck are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Deep Purple who came here looking just for the lyrics to Living Wreck, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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