Lyrics to
Mushmouth Shoutin’

This version of Mushmouth Shoutin’ was released by Zz Top in 1972.

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You know I’m wild about you, baby,
been keepin’ me from my sleep at night.
You know I’m hung up on you, little doll,
you just don’t treat your daddy right.

You know you crazy when you get drunks, you be talkin’ all out your head.
You’re acting mighty strange about me, sayin’ those things you said.
I’m just wild about you, baby,
been keepin’ me from my sleeps at night.
You know I’m hung up on you, little darlin’,
you just don’t treat your daddy right, oh yeah.

D’ya know I came home last night and I looked down on the floor,
I saw a fine pair of alligators, somethin’ I never had before.
But I’m wild about you, baby,
been keepin’ me from my sleeps at night.
You know I’m hung up on you, little darlin’,
you just don’t treat your daddy right.

Said, now honey if you don’t stop messin’ round with me,
try’n to make me out a dumbbell, somethin’ I ain’t never gonna be.
I’m still wild about you, baby,
you been keepin’ me from my sleeps at night.
You know I’m hung up on you, little doll,
but you just don’t treat your daddy right.

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About Lyrics and Mushmouth Shoutin’ by Zz Top

The lyrics to Mushmouth Shoutin’ are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Zz Top used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Mushmouth Shoutin’ have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Zz Top 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 Mushmouth Shoutin’ by Zz Top. 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 Mushmouth Shoutin’" means the words set to the music of Mushmouth Shoutin’, 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 Mushmouth Shoutin’ and the lyrics to Mushmouth Shoutin’ 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 Mushmouth Shoutin’, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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