Lyrics to
Wall Street Shuffle

Released by 10Cc in 1974
From the Album: Sheet Music |

This version of Wall Street Shuffle was released by 10Cc in 1974.

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Do the Wall Street shuffle
Hear the money rustle
Watch the greenbacks tumble
Feel the Sterling crumble

You need a yen to make a mark
If you wanna make money
You need the luck to make a buck
If you wanna be Getty, Rothschild
You’ve gotta be cool on Wall Street

You’ve gotta be cool on Wall Street
When your index is low
Dow Jones ain’t got time for the bums
They wind up on skid row with holes in their pockets
They plead with you, buddy can you spare the dime
But you ain’t got the time
Doin’ the….
Doin’ the….

Oh, Howard Hughes
Did your money make you better?
Are you waiting for the hour
When you can screw me?
‘Cos you’re big enough

To do the Wall Street Shuffle
Let your money hustle
Bet you’d sell your mother
You can buy another

Doin’ the….
Doin’ the….

You buy and sell
You wheel and deal
But you’re living on instinct
You get a tip
You follow it
And you make a big killing

On Wall Street


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When you decide to study the lyrics to Wall Street Shuffle, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by 10Cc. Some of the lyrics to Wall Street Shuffle have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only 10Cc and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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You can understand the lyrics to Wall Street Shuffle 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 Wall Street Shuffle" means the words set to the music of Wall Street Shuffle, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by 10Cc. 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 Wall Street Shuffle and the lyrics to Wall Street Shuffle are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of 10Cc who came here looking just for the lyrics to Wall Street Shuffle, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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