Lyrics to
Smokin’

This version of Smokin’ was released by Boston in 1976.

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We’re gonna play you a song, a little bit of rock-n-roll
You gotta let yourself go, the band’s gonna take control.
We’re gettin’ down today
We’ll pick you up and take you away
Get down tonight

Smokin’, Smokin’
We’re cookin’ tonight, just keep on tokin’
Smokin’, Smokin’
I feel alright, mamma I’m not jokin’, yeah.

Get your feet to the floor, everybody rock and roll
You’ve got nothing to lose just the rhythm and blues, that’s all, yeah
We’re gonna feel ok
We’ll pick you up and take you away
Get down tonight.

Smokin’, Smokin’
We’re cookin’ tonight, just keep on tokin’
Smokin’, Smokin’
I feel alright, mamma I’m not jokin’, yeah.

Everybody jumpin’, dancin’ to the boogie tonight
Clap your hands, move your feet
If you don’t you know it won’t seem right
We’re gettin’ down today
We’ll pick you up and take you away
Get down tonight

We’re gettin’ down today
We’ll pick you up and take you away
Get down tonight, well alright!

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About Lyrics and Smokin’ by Boston

The lyrics for Smokin’ are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by Boston. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Smokin’ 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 Smokin’ - Boston 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 Smokin’ by Boston 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 Smokin’" means the words set to the music of Smokin’, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Boston. 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 Smokin’ and the lyrics to Smokin’ are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Boston who came here looking just for the lyrics to Smokin’, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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