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Patricia The Stripper

This version of Patricia The Stripper was released by Chris De Burgh in 1975.

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Dennis is a menace with his “anyone for tennis?”
And beseeching me to come and keep the score…
And Maud saya “Oh Lord! I’m so terribly bored!”
I really can’t stand it anymore…

I’m going out to dinner, with a gorgeous singer,
To a little place I’ve found down by the quay;
Her name is Patricia, she calls herself Delicia,
And the reason isn’t very hard to see…

She says God made her a sinner just to keep fat men thinner,
As they tumble down in heaps before her feet.
They hang around in groups like battle-weary troops,
One can often see them queue right down the street…
You see Patricia, or Delicia, not only is a singer
She also removes all her clothing…
For Patricia is the best stripper in town,
And with a swing of her hips she started to strip,
To tremendous applause she took off her drawers,
And with a lick of her lips she undid all the clips,
Threw it all in the air, and everyone stared,
And as the last piece of clothing fell to the floor,
The police were banging on the door,
On a Saturday night, in nineteen twenty-four…
Take it away boys!
But poor Patricia was arrested and everyone detested,
The manner in which she was exposed,
And later on in court, well, everybody thought
A summer run in jail would be proposed,

But the judge said, “Patricia,
Or may I say, Delicia,
The facts of this case lie before me…
Case dismissed … this girl was in her working clothes!!”

And with a swing of her hips, she started to strip,
To tremendous applause she took off her drawers,
And with a lick of her lips she undid all her clips,
Threw it all in the air, and everyone stared,
And as the last piece of clothing fell to the floor,
The police were yelling out for more!!!
On a Saturday night in nineteen twenty-four…
On a Saturday night in nineteen twenty-four…

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About Lyrics and Patricia The Stripper by Chris De Burgh

When you decide to study the lyrics to Patricia The Stripper, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1975 song by Chris De Burgh. Some of the lyrics to Patricia The Stripper have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Chris De Burgh and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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