Lyrics to
Rhythm Machine

This version of Rhythm Machine was released by Bad Company in 1979.

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I’m a rhythm machine; you know what I mean,
I’m a rhythm machine; you know what I mean

I got time, running through my head in bed,
Instead of sleep, how it looks instead,
I’m a rhythm machine; you know what I mean,

I’m a music man; I play the blues whenever I can,
I’m a music man; I play the blues whenever I can,
I get a flat backbeat, instead of food when I eat,
The ticking of a clock gets me out of my seat
I’m a music man; I play the blues whenever I can.

I’m her cross cut saw before I was four
Smoked-staked lightning had me crawling across the floor
The beach ball didn’t get me but that son-in-law did
I’m been keeping time ever since I was a kid

I’m a music machine, don’t you know what I mean,
I’m rhythm machine; he knows what I mean, oh.

Yeah, yeah.

I’m a rhythm machine; I’m a rhythm machine,
I’m a rhythm machine, don’t you know what I mean
I’m a music man, yeah,
I’m gonna play the blues whenever I can,
Hey, play the blues then,
Oh, yeah, yeah, play it for Kings and Queens,
Yeah, yeah, I’m a music man,
I’m a rhythm machine……

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About Lyrics and Rhythm Machine by Bad Company

The lyrics for Rhythm Machine are defined as the words making up the song released by Bad Company in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Rhythm Machine have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Bad Company and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Rhythm Machine by Bad Company if you think through it. 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 Rhythm Machine" means the words set to the music of Rhythm Machine, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bad Company. 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 Rhythm Machine and the lyrics to Rhythm Machine are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bad Company who came here looking just for the lyrics to Rhythm Machine, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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