Lyrics to
S & M

This version of S & M was released by Thin Lizzy in 1979.

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She walked out of a shady motel
Into the arms of a sugar daddy
She’d been having a good time
Oh but she loved her daddy madly

She said daddy what can I do
I want to spend my time making love to you
But daddy had to run hit and run
Now he’s gone

S&M

This customer was shady he kept a rubber hose
He liked to beat the ladies
There’s nothing wrong with that I suppose
“Yes there is,”

He made them want to shout, “Ouch”
But this time you better watch out
He kicked her oh and he beat her
And he whipped her

S&M

He beat her black and blue

He just liked the violence said it made him tough
He just liked the violence said she couldn’t get enough
Couldn’t get enough
Smack

S&M

He beat her like a drum

This fetish could be foolish
It could lead to something dangerously wreckless
To hold your lover helpless
Could lead to something called a mess

Unless you like to be tacky
And kinky, sleasy and slinky
To make them wanna shout, “Ouch”
Fight back and scratch out

S&M
Do it again

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The lyrics for S & M are defined as the words making up the song released by Thin Lizzy in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to S & M have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Thin Lizzy 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 S & M by Thin Lizzy 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 S & M" means the words set to the music of S & M, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Thin Lizzy. 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 S & M and the lyrics to S & M are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Thin Lizzy who came here looking just for the lyrics to S & M, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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