Lyrics to
Tear Ya Down

This version of Tear Ya Down was released by Motorhead in 1979.

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Gonna show you what it’s all about,
I’m gonna make your toenails curl,
Gonna show you how to make me smile,
I’m really into long legged girls,
I was talking to you all night long,
Every line was a favourite song,
Gonna show you how to make me laugh,
I’m gonna Tear Ya Down

Gonna show you what it’s all about,
I’m gonna shoot ya down tonight,
I don’t really wanna freak you out,
But I’m gonna make ya feel alright,
I was talking to you all night through,
And I knew you were rolling me too,
Gonna shake you till your lips turn blue,
I’m gonna Tear Ya Down

Gonna show you how to strut your stuff,
I’m gonna make your dreams come true,
Gonna show you how to change your luck,
I’m really gonna do it to you,
I was talking to ya hours and hours,
I promised you hearts and flowers,
I’ll give you supernatural powers,
I’m gonna Tear Ya Down.

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About Lyrics and Tear Ya Down by Motorhead

The lyrics for Tear Ya Down are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Motorhead. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Tear Ya Down have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Tear Ya Down - Motorhead and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Tear Ya Down by Motorhead in multiple 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 Tear Ya Down" means the words set to the music of Tear Ya Down, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Motorhead. 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 Tear Ya Down and the lyrics to Tear Ya Down are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Motorhead who came here looking just for the lyrics to Tear Ya Down, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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