Lyrics to
The Dangerous Type

This version of The Dangerous Type was released by The Cars in 1979.

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can i touch you are you out of touch
i guess i never noticed that much
geranium lover i’m live on your wire
come and take me who ever you are
she’s a lot like you
the dangerous type
she’s a lot like you
come on and hold me tight
inside angel always upset
keep on forgetting that we ever met
can i bring you out in the light
my curiosity’s got me tonight
the museum director’s with their high shaking heads
they kick white shadows until they play dead
they want to crack your crossword smile
can i take you out for a while

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About Lyrics and The Dangerous Type by The Cars

The lyrics for The Dangerous Type are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by The Cars. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to The Dangerous Type 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 The Dangerous Type - The Cars 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 The Dangerous Type by The Cars 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 The Dangerous Type" means the words set to the music of The Dangerous Type, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Cars. 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 The Dangerous Type and the lyrics to The Dangerous Type are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Cars who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Dangerous Type, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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