Lyrics to
Ten Dollar Man

This version of Ten Dollar Man was released by Zz Top in 1977.

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Mister Ten Dollar Man with that gold in your hand,
Comin’ ’round here after sunlight
With your peaches and your Pream
And your rollin’ magazine,
Tellin’ me you’ll make me feel alright.
Now, you’ll make me feel alright

Mister Ten Dollar Man with a girl by the hand,
Will this ten-spot take her away?
With his slaver’s finance
He winked; Said, “Take a chance.”
Don’t you know, it happens ev’ry day.
I said it happens ev’ry day.

Mister Ten Dollar Man with that gun in your hand,
Can I get a case of those tonight?
And now you’ve got the order;
I said it’s time to slip the border
Don’t you know it happens every day
I said it happens every day

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About Lyrics and Ten Dollar Man by Zz Top

The lyrics for Ten Dollar Man are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Zz Top. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Ten Dollar Man 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 Ten Dollar Man - Zz Top 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 Ten Dollar Man by Zz Top 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 Ten Dollar Man" means the words set to the music of Ten Dollar Man, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Zz Top. 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 Ten Dollar Man and the lyrics to Ten Dollar Man are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Zz Top who came here looking just for the lyrics to Ten Dollar Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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