Lyrics to
Sailing Shoes

This version of Sailing Shoes was released by Robert Palmer in 1974.

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There’s a lady in a turban
In a cocaine tree
And she does a dance so rhythmically
She’s a crying and a singing
Havin’ a time
But don’t that cocaine tree look fine

But you gotta put on your sailin’ shoes
Put on your sailin’ shoes
Everyone will start to cheer
When you put on your sailin’ shoes

Doctor, doctor, I feel so bad
This is the worst day I ever had
Have you this misery a very long time?
Well if you if, I’ll lay it on the line

But you gotta put on your sailin’ shoes
Put on your sailin’ shoes
Everyone will hip hooray
When you put on your sailin’ shoes

Jedidah
He’s got a dime
says he catches more fish every time
Well I’ve gotta line
If you’ve got a pole
Well I’ll meet you at the fishing hole

But you gotta put on your sailin’ shoes
Put on your sailin’ shoes
Everyone will start to cheer
When you put on your sailin’ shoes

Said, everyone put on
Put on your sailin’ shoes

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About Lyrics and Sailing Shoes by Robert Palmer

The lyrics to Sailing Shoes are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Robert Palmer in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Sailing Shoes are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Robert Palmer and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Sailing Shoes back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Sailing Shoes by Robert Palmer 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 Sailing Shoes" means the words set to the music of Sailing Shoes, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Robert Palmer. 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 Sailing Shoes and the lyrics to Sailing Shoes are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Robert Palmer who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sailing Shoes, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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