Lyrics to
Moonshine Whiskey

This version of Moonshine Whiskey was released by Van Morrison in 1971.

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Oh, she give me moonshine whiskey
Oh, she give me southern love
Deep in the heart of Texas
There beneath the stars above
Oh, she give me southern comfort
Oh, she give me moonshine love
Deep in the heart of Texas
There beneath the stars above

Here I am riding on a train
Just about thunderballs down the line
Just can’t wait any longer
See that little darling of mine
See that little darling of mine

She’s my Texas sweetheart
Part from Arkansas
Then we’re dancing
Across the floor
And a band was playing
People were swayin’, to and fro
Streamline promenade
Streamline promenade
And I said, “Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute
I’m gonna take a plane
Come with me tonight”
Gonna put on my hot pants
And promenade down funky broadway ’till the cows come home
La la la da…..
Oh streamline promenade
Promenade streamline
Streamline promenade
Promenade streamline
Think I’m gonna promenade all night

Oh, she give me moonshine whiskey
Oh, she give me southern love
Deep in the heart of Texas
There beneath the stars above
Oh, she give me southern comfort
Oh, she give me moonshine love
Deep in the heart of Texas
There beneath the stars above

Listen, here we are
Thinking about time
When I resist here and now
And I just want to lie my feet on a river bed instead
Can’t wait any longer
For the sign
I want to get down some time in the water

Watch the fish in the water
Bubbles, watch the bubbles come up in the water
Promenade streamline in the water
Streamline promenade, get funky
Promenade streamline, funky as you want to be
La da da…..
Streamline promenade
Well, I feel alright tonight
Streamline promenade

Oh, she give me moonshine whiskey
Oh, she give me southern love
Oh, she give me moonshine whiskey
Oh, she give me southern love
She give me southern love
Child, she give me southern love…..

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Van Morrison has released many songs over the years besides Moonshine Whiskey. Van Morrison released songs from 1967 to 2005 spanning across albums like Blowin' Your Mind!, Astral Weeks, Moondance, His Band And The Street Choir, Tupelo Honey, Saint Dominic's Preview, Hard Nose The Highway, It's Too Late To Stop Now, Veedon Fleece, A Period Of Transition, Wavelength, Into The Music, Common One, Beautiful Vision, Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart, A Sense Of Wonder, No Guru, No Method, No Teacher, Poetic Champions Compose, Irish Heartbeat, Avalon Sunset, Enlightenment, Hymns To The Silence, Too Long In Exile, Days Like This, How Long Has This Been Going On, Tell Me Something: The Songs Of Mose Allison, The Healing Game, The Philosopher's Stone, Back On Top, The Skiffle Sessions - Live In Belfast, You Win Again, Down The Road, What's Wrong With This Picture?, and Magic Time. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Van Morrison.

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About Lyrics and Moonshine Whiskey by Van Morrison

The lyrics to Moonshine Whiskey are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Van Morrison used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to Moonshine Whiskey have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Van Morrison 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 Moonshine Whiskey by Van Morrison. 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 Moonshine Whiskey" means the words set to the music of Moonshine Whiskey, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Van Morrison. 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 Moonshine Whiskey and the lyrics to Moonshine Whiskey are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Van Morrison who came here looking just for the lyrics to Moonshine Whiskey, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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