Lyrics to
Shanghai’d In Shanghai

This version of Shanghai’D In Shanghai was released by Nazareth in 1974.

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Standing on a corner in downtown L.A.
Waiting for the man to come along
She comes up to me and says ” Too bad, too sad”
You know that he’s been dead and gone.

L.A. lady, kinda shady
She picked him up and took him home

I woke up groggy my sight was smoggy
And I knew that it had been blown

Early in the morning sitting in a hotel
Moscow’s looking fine through the wine
Spaced out I crashed out
When the K.G.B. came on the line.

It’s a cold one, bein’ sent down
It’s gotta be fifty below

Mama here’s a postcard to let you know
I’m in a saltmine and looking for coal

Shanghai’d in Shanghai
Stood on in Tuscon
Ripped off and kicked right out the bed

Flyin’ across the desert from Texas to Tuscon
But we’re headed for a southern star
The captain says it’s fine in Havana
This dude behind me needs a cigar.

He’s a big one, he’s got a big gun
I guess we better go along

Mister we’ve got a gig in Arizona
Second billing to the rolling stones

Shanghai’d in Shanghai
Stood on in Tuscon
Ripped off and kicked right out the bed
Shanghai’d in Shanghai
Laid low in ‘Frisco
Done in and left behind for dead

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About Lyrics and Shanghai’D In Shanghai by Nazareth

When you decide to study the lyrics to Shanghai’D In Shanghai, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Nazareth. Some of the lyrics to Shanghai’D In Shanghai have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Nazareth and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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