Lyrics to
Straight Shootin’ Woman

This version of Straight Shootin’ Woman was released by Steppenwolf in 1974.

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I was feelin’ so bad ’bout my best friend
I could swear the sky was fallin’
He had them put-down blues from wond’rin
Who his old lady was callin’.

I said, “Keep your life and drown your sorrow
And survive the fire that burns you
If you just slow down and cool your temper
You might get off on what I’ll tell ya.”

I got me a straight shootin’ woman
She’s right on al the time
But all my friends they got shot down
Women shot them from behind

Now those Hollywood women
They pack a pistol ‘tween their toes
And when you’ve got your back turned ’round
They go and shoot the man next door.

So I believe, I believe.
I believe I’ll keep my lovin’ at home
I believe, I believe,
I believe I’ll keep my lovin’ at home

Now, if you want (Straight Shooter)
To keep (Straight Shooter)
You better leave (Straight Shooter)
Your travelin’ gun alone
Yeah, if you want (Straight Shooter)
To keep (Straight Shooter)
You better leave (Straight Shooter)
You travelin’ gun alone.

Wo, got me a Straight Shootin Woman
She’s right on all the time
Got me a Straight Shootin’ woman
She’s right on all the time
She keeps her bed turned down
With clean sheets on
And I can jump in it any ol’ time
She keeps her cylinder greased and loaded
Just to ease my troubled mind
She’s all mine
She’s on my mind
Take her down

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About Lyrics and Straight Shootin’ Woman by Steppenwolf

When you decide to study the lyrics to Straight Shootin’ Woman, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Steppenwolf. Some of the lyrics to Straight Shootin’ Woman have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Steppenwolf and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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