Lyrics to
Somebody Get Me A Doctor

This version of Somebody Get Me A Doctor was released by Van Halen in 1979.

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You better call me a doctor.
Feelin’ no pain.
Overloaded, down the drain.
Somebody get me a doctor.
You better call up the ambuance, I’m deep in shock.
Overloaded, baby, I can hardly walk.
Somebody get me a doctor.
Somebody get me a doctor.
Feelin’ over fine.
And I’m speedin’ down that line.
Somebody get me a shot.

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Van Halen has released many songs over the years besides Somebody Get Me A Doctor. Van Halen released songs from 1978 to 1998 spanning across albums like Van Halen, Van Halen II, Women And Children First, Fair Warning, Diver Down, 1984 (MCMLXXXIV), 5150, OU812, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, Balance, and Van Halen III. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Van Halen.

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About Lyrics and Somebody Get Me A Doctor by Van Halen

The lyrics for Somebody Get Me A Doctor are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Van Halen. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Somebody Get Me A Doctor 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 Somebody Get Me A Doctor - Van Halen 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 Somebody Get Me A Doctor by Van Halen 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 Somebody Get Me A Doctor" means the words set to the music of Somebody Get Me A Doctor, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Van Halen. 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 Somebody Get Me A Doctor and the lyrics to Somebody Get Me A Doctor are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Van Halen who came here looking just for the lyrics to Somebody Get Me A Doctor, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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