Lyrics to
The Rocker

This version of The Rocker was released by Thin Lizzy in 1973.

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I am your main man if you’re looking for trouble
I’ll take no lip ’cause no ones tougher than me
If I kicked your face you’d soon be seeing double
Hey little girl, keep your hands off me ’cause I’m a rocker

I love to rock and roll
I get my records from the Rock On stall
Sweet rock and roll
Teddy boy, he’s got them all

Down at the juke joint me and the boys were stompin’
Bippin’ an a boppin’, telling a dirty joke or two
In walked this chick and I knew she was up to something
I kissed her right there out of the blue

I said “Hey baby, meet me I’m a tough guy”
Got my cycle outside, you wanna try?
She just looked at me and rolled them big eyes
And said “Ooh I’d do anything for you ’cause you’re a rocker”

That’s right I’m a rocker

I love to rock and roll
I get my records from the Rock On stall
Sweet rock and roll
Teddy boy, he’s got them all

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Thin Lizzy has released many songs over the years besides The Rocker. Thin Lizzy released songs from 1971 to 1983 spanning across albums like Thin Lizzy, New Day, Shades Of A Blue Orphanage, Vagabonds Of The Western World, Nightlife, Fighting, Jailbreak, Johnny The Fox, Bad Reputation, Black Rose: A Rock Legend, Chinatown, Renegade, and Thunder And Lightning. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Thin Lizzy.

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The lyrics to The Rocker are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Thin Lizzy in 1973. Elements of the lyrics to The Rocker are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Thin Lizzy and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for The Rocker back when it was created.

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

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