Lyrics to
Snake Charmer

This version of Snake Charmer was released by Rainbow in 1975.

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Old hollow eyes
Got no ties
Walking by the light of the moon

Hey shiny boots
With strings and flutes
Rising like a crazy balloon

Close your door
He’s on the loose
Umm, here he comes
No hope for you, ooh
Snake charmer, we’ll haunt you

So, hey mystery man
What’s your plan
I’ve got to tell the world
To beware you don’t care

He’ll hypnotize you
And tell you lies
He’s hiding at the top of the stairs

Close your door
He’s on the move
I see him coming out
There’s no hope for you, ooh
Snake charmer
Snake charmer
Get out!

Hey fancy face
Got no place
Living from a hole in the ground

Old sparkle eyes
He never cries
One step ahead of the hounds

Close your door
He’s on his way
He’s coming out of the shadows now, now
No hope for you, ooh
Snake charmer
Snake charmer, now listen to me yeah

Hey hollow eyes
Got no ties
Oh shiny boots
Play your strings and flutes

Mystery man what’s your plan
Fancy face, got no place
Snake charmer
He’ll harm yer

Oh sparkle eyes
Got no ties
Oh shiny boots
Close your door
He’s on the loose
Snake charmer
My mystery man what’s your plan
I’ve got to tell the world to beware
You don’t care
Hypnotized

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About Lyrics and Snake Charmer by Rainbow

The lyrics to Snake Charmer are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Rainbow in 1975. Elements of the lyrics to Snake Charmer are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Rainbow and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Snake Charmer back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Snake Charmer by Rainbow in a number of 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 Snake Charmer" means the words set to the music of Snake Charmer, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rainbow. 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 Snake Charmer and the lyrics to Snake Charmer are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rainbow who came here looking just for the lyrics to Snake Charmer, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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