Lyrics to
Sweet Thing

This version of Sweet Thing was released by Rufus in 1975.

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I will love you anyway
Even if you cannot stay
I think you are the one for me
Here is where you want to be

I just want to satisfy ya
You’re not mine and I can’t deny it
Don’t you hear me talkin’, baby
Love me now or I’ll go crazy

Whou, ohh, sweet thang
Don’t ya know you’re my everything
Whou ohh, sweet thang
Don’t ya know you’re my everything
Yeah baby

I wish you were my lover
But ya act so undercover
Love ya child my whole life long
Is be right or be wrong

I’m only what ya make me, baby
Don’t walk away, don’t be so shady
Don’t want your mind, don’t want your money
These words I say, they may sound funny but

Whou, ohh, sweet thang
Oh ya know you’re my everything
Whou ohh, sweet thang
Boy ya know you’re my everything
Hey baby

OOOOOOO

You are my heat, you are my fire
You make me weak with soft desire
Love ya child my whole life long
Is be right or be wrong

I just want to satisfy ya
‘Cause you’re not mine, I can’t deny it
Can’t ya hear me talking, baby
Love me now or I’ll go crazy

You’re my heat, you are my fire
You’re not mine, I can’t deny it
Don’t you hear me talkin’, baby
Love me now or I’ll go crazy

You’re my heat, you are my fire
You’re not mine, I can’t deny it
Can’t you hear me talkin’, baby
Love me now or I’ll go crazy

You’re my heat, you are my fire
You’re not mine, I can’t deny it
Can’t you hear me talkin’, baby
Love me now or I’ll go crazy

You’re my heat, you are my fire
You’re not mine, I can’t deny it
Can’t you hear me talkin’, baby
Love me now or I’ll go crazy

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About Lyrics and Sweet Thing by Rufus

When you decide to study the lyrics to Sweet Thing, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1975 song by Rufus. Some of the lyrics to Sweet Thing have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Rufus and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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