 Genius Lyrics
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ZZ Top – La Grange
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“La Grange” is the first single from ZZ Top’s 1973 Tres Hombres album. It is also their first single to chart in the Billboard Hot 100. A 1992 lawsuit alleged that the one-chord
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ZZ Top – Dirty Dog
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[Intro] / It's a dirty dog song / [Verse 1] / Hey baby, watcha you gonna do? / Now that I've left you / And I said we're through / All along you been running round / But you ain't
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ZZ Top – Chartreuse
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Chartreuse / You got the color that turns me loose / Chartreuse / That color just turns me loose / Better than Magenta / Better than Fuse / You got a shade that gets rid of the
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ZZ Top – Legs
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[Verse 1] / She got legs / She knows how to use them / She never begs / She knows how to choose them / [Verse 2] / She holding leg / Wonder how to feel them / Would you get behind
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ZZ Top – Chevrolet
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[Verse 1] / In a flat Forty-One with my Strat by the door / We was going to the country / For what we came for / I'm sure you've smelled the trees in the air / The best of motor
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ZZ Top – I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
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The song was inspired by Texas bluesman Joey Long. As Billy Gibbons tells it, Long always had a new Cadillac. However, since he didn’t have a drivers license, his beautiful wife
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ZZ Top – Gimme All Your Lovin'
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[Verse 1] / I got to have a shot / For what you got is, oh, so sweet / You got to make it hot / Like a boomerang, I need a repeat / [Chorus] / Gimme all your lovin' / All your hugs
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ZZ Top – Tush
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“Tush” was the only single from ZZ Top’s fourth album “Fandango!”. It reached number 20 on the pop chart. It is also one of the ZZ Top songs on Fandango! sung by bassist Dusty Hill
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ZZ Top – Bad Girl
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[Intro] / Are you ready? / Let's do it one time / [Verse 1] / See that girl with the red dress on? / She can do it all night long / She's a bad girl, she's a bad girl / I know a
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ZZ Top – TV Dinners
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[Verse 1] / TV dinners / There's nothin' else to eat / TV dinners / They really can't be beat / I like em' frozen / But you understand / I throw em' in and wave em' / And I'm a
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U.S. Maple – Letter to ZZ Top
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Oh give my bones to Billy Gibbons / And well I'm just sayin' / Yeah / Get washed up and go downtown / To where they're playin / And say... you asshole / And say... you asshole
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ZZ Top (Ft. Jeff Beck) – Sixteen Tons (Live from London)
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Well some people say a man is made outta mud / A poor man's made outta muscle and blood / Muscle and blood and skin and bone / A mind that's weak and back that's strong / I load
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ZZ Top – Just Got Paid
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[Verse 1] / Just got paid today / Got me a pocket full of change / Said, I just got paid today / Got me a pocket full of change / If you believe like working hard all day / Just
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ZZ Top – Viva Las Vegas
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[Spoken] / Y'all still want me to come with you? / Bright light city gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire / There's a whole lot of money that's ready to burn / So get those
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ZZ Top – I Need You Tonight
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[Verse 1] / It's three o'clock in the morning / And the rain begin to fall / But I know what I'm needing / But I don't have it all / I'm needing someone like you / That I just
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ZZ Top – Pearl Necklace
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[Verse 1] / She's really upset with me again / I didn't give her what she likes / I don't know what to tell her / Don't know what to say / Everything got funky last night / [Chorus
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ZZ Top – Waitin’ for the Bus
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[Verse 1] / Have mercy, been waiting for the bus all day / Have mercy, been waiting for the bus all day / I got my brown paper bag / And my take-home pay / [Verse 2] / Have mercy
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ZZ Top – Cheap Sunglasses
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An ode to ZZ Top’s most distinctive wardrobe feature.
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ZZ Top – Pincushion
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I been stuck, so i asked her why / She gave me acupuncture as her alibi / Shook my soul, and stole my dough / Left my condition down a deep dark hole / I'm a pincushion, gotta face
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ZZ Top – My Head’s in Mississippi
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I'm shuffling through the Texas sand / But my head's in Mississippi / I'm shuffling through the Texas sand / But my head's in Mississippi / The blues has got a hold of me / I
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ZZ Top – Rough Boy
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[Verse 1] / What in the world's come all over me? / I ain't got a chance of one in three / Ain't got no rap, ain't got no line / But if you'll give me just a minute I'll be feeling
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ZZ Top – Leila
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[Verse 1] / She had a look in her eye / That could make you melt / Made me feel better than I ever felt / But bless her heart, she couldn't stay / I begged her not to go away / [
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ZZ Top – I Don't Wanna Lose, Lose, You
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Shorty and Slim just standing on the corner / Trying to find a way I gotta burn another quarter / Half ounce in hand, just another piece of cake / Getting dough is hard to make / I
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ZZ Top – I Got the Six
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[Verse 1] / Living room, passing time / Talkin' trash, sipping wine / I need something more substantial / New deck of playing cards / I don't like to work this hard / I think I'll
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ZZ Top – El Diablo
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[Verse 1] / Did you ever hear the story / That happened not long ago / About the man with a tan / El Diablo de Mexico? / And this man played his hand / And he lived by the luck of
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ZZ Top – Delirious
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[Verse 1] / I went down to dock number ten / To see what just came in / [Chorus] / They seemed a little bit mysterious / I think I'm gonna get delirious / Delirious / Delirious / [
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ZZ Top – Stages
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[Verse] / It's a fine time to fall in love with you / I ain't got a single thing to do / It happened before I knew what was going on / I fell out and knew that I was gone / [Chorus
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ZZ Top – I Gotsta Get Paid
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http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/how-billy-gibbons-got-his-groove-back
It’s a great story behind this song, which ties back to the classic DJ DMD record “25 Lighters,” and by
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ZZ Top – It's Only Love
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[Verse 1] / I’m gonna tell you what it’s all about / Sweet things trying to put me out / She gone and found herself another man / She trying to let me down as fast as she can / [
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ZZ Top – Dust My Broom
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[Verse 1] / I'm gonna get up in the morning / I believe I'll dust my broom / I'm gonna get up in the morning / I believe I'll dust my broom / Well the best girl, I'll be loving
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ZZ Top – Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
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[Verse 1] / And if you see me walking down the line / With my favorite honky tonk in mind / Well, I'll be here around supper time / With my can of dinner and a bunch of wine / [
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Bummer – Quadruple ZZ Top
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Once again the soil has produced no yield / The dust is permeating / Black mud begins to clog my lungs / Whatever the sun leaves you, locusts will take / No such thing as fertile
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ZZ Top – Got Me Under Pressure
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[Verse 1] / She likes wearing lipstick / She likes French cuisine / But she won't let me use my passion / Unless it's in a limousine / [Chorus] / She got me under pressure / She
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ZZ Top – Sharp Dressed Man
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“Sharp Dressed Man” is one of ZZ Top’s best known songs, performed by ZZ Top from their signature album Eliminator released in 1983. The song is famous for its guitar riff
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ZZ Top – Crunchy
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[Chorus] / Crunchy, crunchy / Crunchy, crunchy / I don't know what that mean / Crunchy / I don't know what that mean / Crunchy / [Bridge] / Vimmegin / What's that / Come out to
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ZZ Top – Sleeping Bag
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[Verse 1] / When it's cold outside and you want to sleep in / Go for a pallet that's so nice and thin / Zip it on around while it's on the ground / Spread it out and lay it on down
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ZZ Top – Jesus Just Left Chicago
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[Verse 1] / Jesus just left Chicago / And he's bound for New Orleans / Well now, Jesus just left Chicago / And he's bound for New Orleans, yeah / Working from one end to the other
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ZZ Top – Shiek
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[Verse 1] / I met a shiek from Mozambique / Who led me to the Congo / He dreamed to go to Mexico / And sample a burrito / My temperature had risen again / It must have been a
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ZZ Top – Arrested for Driving While Blind
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[Verse 1] / When you're driving / Down the highway at night / And you're feeling that wild turkey's bite / Don't give Johnny Walker a ride / 'Cause Jack Black is right by your side
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