Lyrics to
Manic Mechanic

This version of Manic Mechanic was released by Zz Top in 1979.

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You want to race?
If you insist.
At that price, I can’t resist,
That’s right, that’s right, that’s right.

Tonight it ain’t right,
I got to have me a week.
But I’ll be back for you, Jack,
and I’ll let the machine speak,
That’s right, that’s right, that’s right.

Showdown, you bet.
And I haven’t saddled my pony yet.
Have mercy, Miss Percy.
I done put the coon tune on this bet,
That’s right, that’s right, that’s right.

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Zz Top has released many songs over the years besides Manic Mechanic. Zz Top released songs from 1971 to 2003 spanning across albums like ZZ Top's First Album, Rio Grande Mud, Tres Hombres, Fandango!, Tejas, Deguello, El Loco, Eliminator, Afterburner, Recycler, Antenna, Rhythmeen, XXX, and Mescalero. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Zz Top.

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About Lyrics and Manic Mechanic by Zz Top

The lyrics to Manic Mechanic are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Zz Top in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to Manic Mechanic are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Zz Top and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Manic Mechanic back when it was created.

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

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