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What’s Goin’ On Here

This version of What’S Goin’ On Here was released by Deep Purple in 1974.

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Roll me over slowly, I’ve been drinkin’ all night,
help me make a move, I can’t stand the light.
Wake me, shake me, don’t slam the door.
I ain’t been so bad, I just can’t recall.
Spent the night chasin’ up a listed old flame,
lyin’ on the floor I can’t remember her name.
I can’t stay here, there’s something wrong here.
What’s goin onhere?

Went downtown, had a long way to go.
How I got there, well, I don’t know.
Found myself sittin’ in a west side bar,
tried to leave but I could not go far.
High class woman try’n to give me a line,
should have left early when I felt so fine.
I can’t stay here, there’s something wrong here.
What’s goin’ on here?

When they closed up the bar, you know, they left me for dead.
I can’t remember a thing I said.
Must have called the police to take me away.
They said, “Forty days”, now I’ve got to pay.
Spent the night chasin’ up a listed old flame,
lyin’ on the floor I can’t remember my name.
I can’t get together while they’re messin’ with me,
keep on lookin’ round, tell me where can I be.
I can’t stay here, there’s something wrong here.
What’s goin’ on here?

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

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