Lyrics to
You Really Got Me

This version of You Really Got Me was released by Robert Palmer in 1978.

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Girl you really got me going
You got me so I don’t know what I’m doing
Yeah you really got me now
You got me so I can’t sleep at night
Oh yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I don’t know what I’m doing
Oh yeah you really got me now
You got me so I can’t sleep at night
You really got me
You really got me
You really got me

Please don’t ever set me free
I always want to be by your side
Girl, you really got me going
You got me so I can’t sleep at night
Oh yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I don’t know what I’m doing
Oh yeah you really got me now
You got me so I can’t sleep at night
You really got me
You really got me
You really got me

Please don’t ever set me free
I always want to be by your side
Yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I can’t sleep at night
Oh yeah, you really got me now
You got me so I don’t know what I’m doing
Oh yeah you really got me now
You got me so I can’t sleep at night
You really got me
You really got me
You really got me

You really really got me
You got me so I can’t sleep at night
You really really got me
You got me so I don’t know what I’m doing
You really really got me
You got me so I can’t sleep at night

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About Lyrics and You Really Got Me by Robert Palmer

The lyrics for You Really Got Me are defined as the words making up the song released by Robert Palmer in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to You Really Got Me have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Robert Palmer and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to You Really Got Me by Robert Palmer if you think through it. 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 You Really Got Me" means the words set to the music of You Really Got Me, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Robert Palmer. 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 You Really Got Me and the lyrics to You Really Got Me are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Robert Palmer who came here looking just for the lyrics to You Really Got Me, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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