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Neighbor, Neighbor

This version of Neighbor, Neighbor was released by Zz Top in 1971.

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Neighbor, neighbor, why you messin’ in my life?
Neighbor, neighbor, you’ve been talkin’ to my wife,
tellin’ her you seen me
runnin’ wild the other night,
runnin’ wild the other night.

A neighbor, neighbor, theres’s always one in every crowd.
A neighbor, neighbor, tellin’ lies and talkin’ loud.
You better watch your step now.
You might fall off your cloud.
you might fall off your cloud.

Now I was walking down a dusty road
when along came a neighbor of mine.
He saw me walkin’ with my head hung down,
he just had to stop and pass the time.
Neighbor, neighbor, floatin’ in the salty brine.
floatin’ in the salty brine.

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About Lyrics and Neighbor, Neighbor by Zz Top

The lyrics to Neighbor, Neighbor are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Zz Top used when the song was created in 1971. The lyrics to Neighbor, Neighbor 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 Neighbor, Neighbor 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 Neighbor, Neighbor" means the words set to the music of Neighbor, Neighbor, 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 Neighbor, Neighbor and the lyrics to Neighbor, Neighbor 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 Neighbor, Neighbor, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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