Lyrics to
Squeeze Box

This version of Squeeze Box was released by The Who in 1975.

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Mama’s got a squeeze box
She wears on her chest
And when Daddy comes home
He never gets no rest

‘Cause she’s playing all night
And the music’s all right
Mama’s got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night

Well the kids don’t eat
And the dog can’t sleep
There’s no escape from the music
In the whole damn street

‘Cause she’s playing all night
And the music’s all right
Mama’s got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night

She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out

She’s playing all night
And the music’s all tight
Mama’s got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night

She goes, squeeze me, come on and squeeze me
Come on and tease me like you do
I’m so in love with you
Mama’s got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night

She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out

‘Cause she’s playing all night
And the music’s all right
Mama’s got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night

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

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

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