Lyrics to
Turn On Your Receiver

This version of Turn On Your Receiver was released by Nazareth in 1973.

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Turn on your receiver , I’m gonna lat it on the line
‘Cause I’m a great believer, in hangin’ on to what is mine
So come over here and listen, I don’t want you to be missin’
What I say
And I ain’t gonna waste my time sayin’ it all again

I’ve been hearin’ stories,’fact the word’s all over town
I’ve had my share of worries ever since you’ve been around
So come over hear and listen, I don’t want you to be missin’
What I say
And I ain’t gonna waste my time sayin’ it all again

Turn on your receiver, there’s a message comin’ through
Keep your hands off my woman
Keep your hands to yourself
Keep your hands off my woman

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Turn On Your Receiver, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1973 song by Nazareth. Some of the lyrics to Turn On Your Receiver have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Nazareth and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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