Lyrics to
Sophisticated Lady

This version of Sophisticated Lady was released by Reo Speedwagon in 1971.

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Sophisticated Lady try’n to change my ways
just because you’re caught in your social maze.
I think it’s about time that you realize
your money and your power’s got you mesmerized.
Pretty Lady.
Get Back.
Pretty Lady.
Sophisticated lady put your blue jeans on,
you’re anybody’s baby when your mama’s gone.

Educated lady with your college degree,
amazes me why you just can’t see.
Learned ev’rything from your books on the shelf,
but no one ever taught you how to think for yourself.

Pretty Lady.
Get Back.
Pretty Lady.
Sophisticated lady put your blue jeans on,
you’re anybody’s baby when your mama’s gone.

Sophisticated Lady , take a lesson from me,
I can help you be what you want to be.
Together we’ll see many brighter days,
if it takes forever, gonna change your ways. Pretty Lady.
Sweet Thing.
Pretty Lady.
Sophisticated lady put your blue jeans on,
you’re anybody’s baby when your mama’s gone.

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The lyrics for Sophisticated Lady are defined as the words making up the song released by Reo Speedwagon in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Sophisticated Lady have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Reo Speedwagon and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Sophisticated Lady by Reo Speedwagon if you think through it. 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 Sophisticated Lady" means the words set to the music of Sophisticated Lady, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Reo Speedwagon. 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 Sophisticated Lady and the lyrics to Sophisticated Lady are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Reo Speedwagon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Sophisticated Lady, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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