Lyrics to
Louise

This version of Louise was released by Bob Seger in 1971.

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Now Louise she is an outlaw, in the year of seventy one
She’s got Levi bells and long straight hair
She’s got a gun
Her folks they didn’t under-stand why she could’nt
Get her homework done, mmm
Her father is a preacher, her mother’s an ex-nun

Now Louise she likes to boogie, down at the old ballroom
She’s got a crazy hophead boyfriend, digs freon balloons
They ride on his Harley from the morning till the late afternoon
They get stoned in the evening, and make love beneath the moon

Now the old folks who are listenin’
Prob’ly think think this song’s obscene
Say your children aren’t like that
Say my words are way off theme
Well Louise she’s just an
Average product of the American dream
I concede she’s kind of naive but
After all she’s only thirteen

Ride on Louise, ride on, ride on
Keep on ridin’

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Bob Seger has released many songs over the years besides Louise. Bob Seger released songs from 1969 to 2006 spanning across albums like Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, Noah, Mongrel, Brand New Morning, Smokin' O.P.'s, Back In '72, Seven, Beautiful Loser, Night Moves, Live Bullet, Stranger In Town, Against The Wind, Nine Tonight, The Distance, Like A Rock, The Fire Inside, Greatest Hits, It's A Mystery, Greatest Hits 2, and Face The Promise. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Bob Seger.

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About Lyrics and Louise by Bob Seger

The lyrics for Louise are defined as the words making up the song released by Bob Seger in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Louise have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Bob Seger 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 Louise by Bob Seger 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 Louise" means the words set to the music of Louise, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Seger. 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 Louise and the lyrics to Louise are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Seger who came here looking just for the lyrics to Louise, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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