Lyrics to
Speed King

This version of Speed King was released by Deep Purple in 1970.

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Good Golly, said little Miss Molly
When she was rockin’ in the house of blue light
Tutti Frutti was oh so rooty
When she was rockin’ to the east and west
Lucille was oh so real
When she didn’t do her daddies will
Come on baby, drive me crazy–do it, do it

I’m a speed king you go to hear me sing
I’m a speed king see me fly

Saturday night and I just got paid
Gonna fool about ain’t gonna save
Some people gonna rock some people gonna roll
Gonna have a party to save my soul
Hard headed woman and a soft hearted man
They been causing trouble since it all began
Take a little rice take a little beans
Gonna rock and roll down to New Orleans

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About Lyrics and Speed King by Deep Purple

The lyrics to Speed King are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Deep Purple used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Speed King have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Deep Purple and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Speed King by Deep Purple. 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 Speed King" means the words set to the music of Speed King, 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 Speed King and the lyrics to Speed King 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 Speed King, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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