Lyrics to
Sharpshooter

This version of Sharpshooter was released by Motorhead in 1979.

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Like a sniper, I’ve got my sights on you,
Windscreen wiper, there ain’t no spoiling my view,
Silver bandoleer, my profession’s clear,
Sharpshooter

Infra red vein, don’t you come out at night,
Infra red chain, you’re gonna buy your life,
Silver pistol too, with a notch for you,
Sharpshooter

You’re the contract, I’m gonna nail you down,
I’m the contact, with your final round,
And I’m stalking you, and that ain’t all I do,
Sharpshooter

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About Lyrics and Sharpshooter by Motorhead

The lyrics to Sharpshooter are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Motorhead used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Sharpshooter have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Motorhead and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Sharpshooter by Motorhead. 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 Sharpshooter" means the words set to the music of Sharpshooter, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Motorhead. 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 Sharpshooter and the lyrics to Sharpshooter are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Motorhead who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sharpshooter, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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