Lyrics to
Red

This version of Red was released by Bette Midler in 1977.

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I read that it’s all black and white.
Oooh, the spectrum made a shade I like!
Ooh, those crinsom rays of ruby bright.
Ah! The technicolor li-i-ight!

Red! Red! I want red!
There’s no substitute for red!
Red! Paint it red!
Green ain’t mean compared to red!

You don’t know what it does to me.
Yeah, that crimson sin intensity!
I’m haunted by the mystery,
yeah, yeah, the mystery of red, red, red!

Red! Red knocks ’em dead!
Some like it hot-tah!
I like it red!

Red’s my lover, got me covered!
Red’s my number and he’s a commer!
Red’s my drummer. I hear his thunder!
Move over, brother!
Red is a mother!
He’s a mother!

Red! Red knocks ’em dead!
Red, red, red, red!
Red! Red! I want red!
Move over, brother!
Move over, brother!

Go bop-bop, go bop-bop.
Go bop-bop, go bop! Ahhh!
Go bop-bop, go bop-bop.
Go bop-bop, go bop! Uhh! Ahhh!
Uhh! Ahhh! Uhh! Ahhh!
Uhh! Uhhh!

Whoa! Red! Red! I want red!
That’s what I said! That’s what I said!
Gimme red, red, ’cause I want red!
Some like it hot, I like it red!
Red! Red! I want red!
Gimme red! Gimme, gimme, gimme!
Gimme red, red! I want red!
Some like it hot, I like it red!

Red! Red! I want red!
Move over brother, move over brother!
Red! Red! Red! I want red!
Red!
Gimme red!
Gimme red!
Gimme red!
Gimme red, red, red!

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About Lyrics and Red by Bette Midler

When you decide to study the lyrics to Red, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Bette Midler. Some of the lyrics to Red have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Bette Midler and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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