Lyrics to
Madison Blues

This version of Madison Blues was released by George Thorogood And The Destroyers in 1977.

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Ah, you babes talk about your Madison shoes
We’ve got a thing we call the Madison blues
We do the Madison blues
We do the Madison blues
We do the Madison blues, baby
Rock away your blues

Whoa, yeah!

Well, I knew a gal her name is Lindsey-loo
She told me she loved me but I know it ain’t true
Put on your Madison shoes
Put on your Madison blues shoes
I’ve got the Madison blues
Now put on your Madison blues shoes

Oh, yeah!

Now, you cats talkin’ about your Madison shoes
We’re doing a thing we call the Madison blues
We do the Madison blues
We do the Madison blues
We do the Madison blues, baby
Rock away your blues

Ah, you babes are talking about your Madison shoes
We’ve got a thing we call the Madison blues
We do the Madison blues
We do the Madison blues
We do the Madison blues, baby
Rock away your blues

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About Lyrics and Madison Blues by George Thorogood And The Destroyers

The lyrics to Madison Blues are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that George Thorogood And The Destroyers used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Madison Blues have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only George Thorogood And The Destroyers and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Madison Blues by George Thorogood And The Destroyers. 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 Madison Blues" means the words set to the music of Madison Blues, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by George Thorogood And The Destroyers. 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 Madison Blues and the lyrics to Madison Blues are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of George Thorogood And The Destroyers who came here looking just for the lyrics to Madison Blues, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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