Lyrics to
San Francisco (You’ve Got Me)

This version of San Francisco (You’Ve Got Me) was released by Village People in 1977.

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(Folsom), Folsom Street, on the way to (Polk and Castro)
(You don’t find them finer)
(Freedom), freedom is in the air, yeah
(Searching for what we all treasure .. pleasure)
(Cycles), cycles in the night shining bright
(Brightly on nights tell a glory story)
(Leather), leather, leather, leather baby
(Levi’s and T’s are the best now all right)

Dress the way you please and put your mind at ease
It’s a city known for its freedom, (freedom)
Cycles shining bright break the silence of the night
Inhibitions, no, you don’t need them, (no),no,(no)

(San Francisco), San Francisco
(San Francisco), City by the Bay yeah
(San Francisco), he he he he hey
(You’ve got me)

(San Francisco), San Francisco
(San Francisco), take me to the water
(San Francisco), he he he he hey
(You’ve got me), (got me got me, baby)

(Got me got me, baby) –

(Folsom), Folsom Street on the way to (Polk and Castro)
(You don’t find them finer)
(Freedom), Freedom, freedom, freedom
(Searching for what we all treasure .. pleasure)
(Cycles), cycles shining bright
(Brightly on nights tell a glory story)
(Disco), Disco, disco party baby
(- music that sets you on fire, higher)

Say what’s on your mind and spend a little time
Every gesture there has a meaning, (meaning)
Party ’till the night before the morning light
You may feel your whole body screaming

(San Francisco), San Francisco
(San Francisco), City by the Bay yeah
(San Francisco), he he he he hey
(You’ve got me) (Oh you got me)

(Oh you got me) –

(San Francisco), San Francisco
(San Francisco), take me to the water
(San Francisco), he he he he hey
(You’ve got me),

Got me, got me, got me baby
Say you got me, love ya love you so, well
Here’s what I want you to do,
(take me), take me, take me baby,
(show me the way) show me the way
(take me), take me, take me baby,
(show me the way) Hey, Lead me to the water…
(take me), well well it’s you and me yeah
(Show me the way), why don’t you show me the way, show me the way, hey
Come on baby, let’s get it down, down

Ain’t nobody between you and me
Baby baby feel fast and free

Baby baby let’s do hot night
Come on baby let’s you and me swing

Love the way I please, don’t put no chains on me
If you got the time, you can do it,
What I need is love, that’s all I’m thinking of
Take me to the Bay, lead me to it, (now) now (now)

(San Francisco), San Francisco
(San Francisco), oh I love ya yeah…
(San Francisco), he he he he hey
(You’ve got me) Aau Aau

(San Francisco), San Francisco
(San Francisco), City by the Bay y’all
(San Francisco), he he he he hey
(You’ve got me), got me, got me, got me baby

You’ve got me, got me, got me, baby
Got me, baby
Here’s what I want you to do
Show me, show me the way

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When you decide to study the lyrics to San Francisco (You’Ve Got Me), you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Village People. Some of the lyrics to San Francisco (You’Ve Got Me) have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Village People and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to San Francisco (You’Ve Got Me) 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 San Francisco (You’Ve Got Me)" means the words set to the music of San Francisco (You’Ve Got Me), or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Village People. 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 San Francisco (You’Ve Got Me) and the lyrics to San Francisco (You’Ve Got Me) are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Village People who came here looking just for the lyrics to San Francisco (You’Ve Got Me), but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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