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Smooth Dancer

Released by Deep Purple in 1973
From the Album: Who Do We Think We Are |

This version of Smooth Dancer was released by Deep Purple in 1973.

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Black suede, don’t mean you’re good for me
Black suede, just brings your mystery
I want to be inside of you
But you’re black and I don’t know what to do

You’re a smooth dancer
But it’s alright
Cos I’m a freelancer
And you can never break me though you try
To make me think you’re magical

Baby, you’re the one who can never see the sun
Because it don’t shine nightly
Don’t you look at me because I’m gonna shake free
You’d better hang on tightly
You wanna rule the world, but you’re acting like a girl
Who’s got a false pregnancy
You’ve swollen up inside with nothing but your pride
And yet you keep on dancing

Black suede, don’t waste your time on me
Black suede, I sense your mockery
I tried to go along with you
But you’re black and I know just what to do

You’re a smooth dancer
But it’s alright
Cos I’m a freelancer
And you can never break me though you try
To make me think you’re magical

I think you’re crazy, your two-timing ways
They don’t bother me none
You’d better do it right because one day or night
I’m gonna walk to freedom
You know I loved you once and I wanna love again
But you don’t give nothing
You can see it in my eyes so you’ve got to realize
Baby, I ain’t bluffing

Black suede, don’t waste your time on me
Black suede, don’t bring me misery
I tried to be inside of you
But you’re black and now I know what to do

You’re a smooth dancer
But it’s alright
Cos I’m a freelancer
And I can tell you’re faking though you try
To make me think you’re magical

Baby, you’re the one who can never see the sun
Bacause it don’t shine nightly
Don’t you look at me because I’m gonna shake free
You’d better hang on tightly
You know I loved you once and I wanna love again
But you don’t give nothing
You can see it in my eyes so you’ve got to realize
Baby, I ain’t bluffing
Baby, you can rock’n’roll
But you can never show your soul, smooth dancer


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About Lyrics and Smooth Dancer by Deep Purple

The lyrics for Smooth Dancer are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1973 song by Deep Purple. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Smooth Dancer 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 Smooth Dancer - Deep Purple 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 Smooth Dancer by Deep Purple 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 Smooth Dancer" means the words set to the music of Smooth Dancer, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Deep Purple. 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 Smooth Dancer and the lyrics to Smooth Dancer are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Deep Purple who came here looking just for the lyrics to Smooth Dancer, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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