Lyrics to
Turd On The Run

This version of Turd On The Run was released by The Rolling Stones in 1972.

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Grabbed hold of your coat tail but it come off in my hand,
I reached for your lapel but it weren’t sewn on so grand.
Begged, promised anything if only you would stay,
Well, I lost a lot of love over you.
Fell down to my knees and I hung onto your pants,
But you just kept on runnin’ while they ripped off in my hands.
Di’mond rings, vaseline, you give me disease,
Well, I lost a lot of lover over you.
I boogied in the ballroom, I boogied in the dark;
Tie you hands, tie you feet, throw you to the sharks.
Make you sweat, make you scream, make you wish you’d never been,
I lost a lot of love over you.

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About Lyrics and Turd On The Run by The Rolling Stones

The lyrics to Turd On The Run are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Rolling Stones used when the song was created in 1972. The lyrics to Turd On The Run have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Rolling Stones and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Turd On The Run by The Rolling Stones. 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 Turd On The Run" means the words set to the music of Turd On The Run, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Rolling Stones. 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 Turd On The Run and the lyrics to Turd On The Run are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Rolling Stones who came here looking just for the lyrics to Turd On The Run, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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