Lyrics to The Lady Is A Tramp

This version of The Lady Is A Tramp was released by Diana Ross in 1974.

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I get too hungry for dinner at eight
I like the theatre but never come late
I never bother with people I hate
That’s why the lady is a tramp

I like the crap games with barons and earls
Won’t go to Harlem in ermine and pearls
Won’t dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
That’s why the lady is a tramp

I like that cool fresh wind in my hair
Life without care
I’m broke, it’s oke!
Hate california
It’s cold and it’s damp
That’s why the lady is a tramp

I get too hungry for dinner at eight
I like the theatre but never come late
I never bother with people I hate
That’s why the lady is a tramp

I like the crap games with barons and earls
Won’t go to Harlem in ermine and pearls
Won’t dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
That’s why the lady is a tramp

I like that cool fresh wind in my hair
Life without care
I’m broke, it’s oke!
Hate california
It’s cold and it’s damp
That’s why the lady is a tramp

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About Lyrics and The Lady Is A Tramp by Diana Ross

When you decide to study the lyrics to The Lady Is A Tramp, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Diana Ross. Some of the lyrics to The Lady Is A Tramp have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Diana Ross and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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