Lyrics to
Talkin’ Blues

This version of Talkin’ Blues was released by Bob Marley in 1974.

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Yeah! Oh, yeah! Now!
Cold ground was my bed last night (bed last night)
And rock was my pillow, too; (doo-oo-oo-oo-oo!)
Cold ground was my bed last night (bed last night)
And rock was my pillow, too. Yeah!

I’m saying: talkin’ blues (talkin’ blues),
talkin’ blues (talkin’ blues);
They say your feet is just too big for your shoes. (shoe-oo-oo-oo-oo)
Talkin’ blues (talkin’ blues), talkin’ blues (talkin’ blues):
Your feet is just too big for your shoes. (shoe-oo-oo-oo-oo)

Yeah, I’ve been down on the rock for so long, (so long)
I seem to wear a permanent screw; (screw-oo-oo-oo-oo)
I’ve been down on the rock for so long, (so long)
I seem to wear a permanent screw. (screw-oo-oo-oo-oo)
But-a I – I’m gonna stare in the sun,
Let the rays shine in my eyes.
I – I’m a gonna take a just-a one step more
‘Cause I feel like bombin’ a church –
Now – now that you know that the preacher is lyin’.
So who’s gonna stay at home
When – when the freedom fighters are fighting?

Talkin’ blues (talkin’ blues), talkin’ blues (talkin’ blues):
They say your feet is just too big for your shoes, woe-oh-oh-oh!
Talkin’ blues (talkin’ blues), keep on talkin’ blues (talkin’ blues);
They say – you hear what they say –
Didn’t you hear?

Cold ground was my bed (bed last night),
Rockstone – rockstone – rockstone was my pillow;
Cold ground was my bed last night (bed last night),
And rock was my pillow, too.

Sayin’: (talkin’ blues, talkin’ blues):
I seem to wear a permanent screw – permanent screw.
Talkin’ blues (talkin’ blues), talkin’ blues (talkin’ blues):
Feet is just too big for your shoes. (shoe-oo-oo-oo-oo)

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About Lyrics and Talkin’ Blues by Bob Marley

The lyrics to Talkin’ Blues are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Bob Marley in 1974. Elements of the lyrics to Talkin’ Blues are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Bob Marley and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Talkin’ Blues back when it was created.

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

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