Lyrics to
Sha-La-La

This version of Sha-La-La was released by Thin Lizzy in 1974.

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A strange kind of magic
Call it voodoo
You want the woman
Yes you do

Believe me baby
I know it’s true
Come on sugar
Let me give it to you

I want to sha-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
Ooh right

Black magic woman
You’ve got a hole
Come on sugar
I’ll lose control

I want your body
Not your soul
Come on baby
Take my jelly roll

Hey honey
Want some money
Go find it
I do

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About Lyrics and Sha-La-La by Thin Lizzy

The lyrics for Sha-La-La are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by Thin Lizzy. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Sha-La-La have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Sha-La-La - Thin Lizzy and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Sha-La-La by Thin Lizzy in multiple 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 Sha-La-La" means the words set to the music of Sha-La-La, 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 Sha-La-La and the lyrics to Sha-La-La 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 Sha-La-La, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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