Lyrics to
Roll Over Beethoven

This version of Roll Over Beethoven was released by Electric Light Orchestra (Elo) in 1972.

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Gonna write a little letter gonna mail it to me local D.J.
it’s a jumpin little record I want my jockey to play
Roll Over Beethoven, gotta hear it again today

My temperature’s risin, the juke box’s blowin a fuse
My heart’s beatin a rhythm, singin out rhythm and blues
Roll Over Beethoven, they’re rockin in two by two

Well if you feel you like it, go get your lover and reel and rock it
roll it over and move on up now, go for cover and reel and rock it
roll it over, Roll Over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news

Early in the mornin I’m a givin you the warnin,
don’t you step on my blue suede shoes
hey diddle diddle gonna play my fiddle,
I ain’t got nothing to lose
Roll Over Beethoven, tell Tchaikovsky the news

She wiggles like a glow-worm, dances like a spinning top
she got a crazy partner, you should have seen her reel and rock
long as she got a dime, the music will never stop

Well if you feel you like it, go get your lover and reel and rock it
roll it over and move on up now, go for cover and reel and rock it
roll it over, Roll Over Beethoven, dig these rhythm and blues

Roll Over Beethoven, Roll Over Beethoven,
Roll Over Beethoven, Roll Over Beethoven,
Roll Over Beethoven, dig these rhythm and blues?

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

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