Lyrics to
Spanish Moon

This version of Spanish Moon was released by Robert Palmer in 1976.

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Well the night that I got into town
Was the night that the rain froze on the ground
Comin’ down the street I heard such a sorrowful tune
Comin’ from the place they called the spanish moon

Well I stepped inside, and I stood by the door
While dark-eyed girls sang and played the guitar
Hookers and hustlers, filled up the room
This was the place they called the spanish moon

Whiskey and bad cocaine
Got me on ?? train
If that don’t kill me soon
The women will down at the spanish moon

Well I sold my watch and I pawned my ring
Just to hear that girl sing
’bout the news my whole ?? rose soon
’bout the news down at the spanish moon

Whiskey and bad cocaine
Got me on ?? train
If that don’t kill me soon the women will down at the spanish moon
Oh oh give it

What if I said, can you get to the end it’s a ?? situation
If that don’t kill me soon
The women will down at the spanish moon
Oh oh, give it to me please, whoa

Well I stepped inside, and I stood by the door
A dark-eyed girl sang and played the guitar
Hookers and hustlers, filled up the room
This was the place they called the spanish moon

Whiskey and bad cocaine
Got me on ?? train
If that don’t kill me soon
The women will down at the spanish moon

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Robert Palmer has released many songs over the years besides Spanish Moon. Robert Palmer released songs from 1974 to 2003 spanning across albums like Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley, Pressure Drop, Some People Can Do What They Like, Double Fun, Secrets, Clues, Pride, Riptide, Heavy Nova, Don't Explain, Ridin' High, Honey, Rhythm & Blues, and Drive. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Robert Palmer.

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About Lyrics and Spanish Moon by Robert Palmer

When you decide to study the lyrics to Spanish Moon, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Robert Palmer. Some of the lyrics to Spanish Moon have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Robert Palmer and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Spanish Moon if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Spanish Moon" means the words set to the music of Spanish Moon, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Robert Palmer. 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 Spanish Moon and the lyrics to Spanish Moon are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Robert Palmer who came here looking just for the lyrics to Spanish Moon, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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