Lyrics to
Red

This version of Red was released by Xtc in 1978.

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You better watch your tape boys
It’s the tint that angers the beast
Got their sails in the sunset
they’ve already got the east

Red red red
Don’t you let them make you
Don’t let them make you see … red

You better watch your lead boys
it’s already in your veins
Did you ever see the colour
iron turns when it rains

It’s not a gross infatuation
It’s not a fear, it’s not a crush
It’s not any special nation
But even now they make me blush

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Xtc has released many songs over the years besides Red. Xtc released songs from 1978 to 1992 spanning across albums like White Music, Go 2, Drums And Wires, Black Sea, Mummer, The Big Express, Skylarking, Chips From The Chocolate Fireball, and Nonsuch. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Xtc.

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About Lyrics and Red by Xtc

The lyrics to Red are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Xtc in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Red are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Xtc and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Red back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Red by Xtc in a number of ways. 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 Xtc. 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 Xtc 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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