Lyrics to
Mainline

This version of Mainline was released by Kiss in 1974.

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You know that it’s easy, so come on and please me
I want you
I’m needin’ some lovin’, I’m hot like an oven
It’s so true

You know what I want you to do
So baby, won’t you let me on through, yeah
Mainline, baby won’t you give it to me, one time
Mainline, baby won’t you give it to me, one time

I know you could use me, so please don’t refuse me
Oh love me
You’ve got to start givin’, and baby, stop livin’
Above me

You know what I want you to do
So baby, won’t you let me on through, whoo yeah
Mainline, baby won’t you give it to me, one time
Mainline, baby won’t you give it to me, one time

Mainline, baby won’t you give it to me, one time
Mainline, baby won’t you give it to me, one time

You know that it’s easy, so come on and please me
I want you
I’m needin’ some lovin’, I’m hot like an oven
It’s so true

You know what I want you to do
So baby, won’t you let me on through, yeah
Mainline, baby won’t you give it to me, one time
Mainline, baby won’t you give it to me, one time
Mainline, baby won’t you give it to me, one time

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About Lyrics and Mainline by Kiss

When you decide to study the lyrics to Mainline, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Kiss. Some of the lyrics to Mainline have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Kiss and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Mainline if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Mainline" means the words set to the music of Mainline, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Kiss. 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 Mainline and the lyrics to Mainline are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Kiss who came here looking just for the lyrics to Mainline, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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