Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazareth_(band)
Studio albums
Nazareth (1971)
Exercises (1972)
Razamanaz (1973)
Loud 'n' Proud (1973)
Rampant (1974)
Hair of the Dog (1975)
Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll (1976)
Play 'n' the Game (1976)
Expect No Mercy (1977)
No Mean City (1979)
Malice in Wonderland (1980)
The Fool Circle (1981)
2XS (1982)
Sound Elixir (1983)
The Catch (1984)
Cinema (1986)
Snakes 'n' Ladders (1989)
No Jive (1991)
Move Me (1994)
Boogaloo (1998)
The Newz (2008)
Big Dogz (2011)
Rock 'n' Roll Telephone (2014)
Tattooed on My Brain (2018)
Surviving the Law (2022)
Wild Honey
Nazareth Lyrics
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She's my girl and that's the way I'm keepin' it my mama dear
No good will it do you to stand there and frown at me
The girl's got my heart and my love's comin' down on me
Last time I met her since I got a taste of wild honey
(sweet, sweet, my honey bee)
You know she's got the sweetness of the honey bee
(sweet, sweet, my honey)
(sweet, sweet, my honey)
Before he even stung bee's buzzin' around her hive
She singled me out, single handed took me alive
I'm gonna take her home and spend my life
Eatin' up the wild honey
(sweet, sweet, my honey bee)
(sweet, sweet, my honey)
(sweet, sweet, my honey bee)
(sweet, sweet, my honey)
(sweet, sweet, my honey)
Oh mama she's sweeter (sweeter) and sweeter (sweeter) and sweeter, sweeter
Yaaaa, honey (sweet, sweet, my honey bee)
Let me tell you how she really got to my soul (sweet,sweet my honey)
It ain't funny, (sweet, sweet, my honey bee)
The way she made me want to sing a little rock and roll (sweet, sweet, my honey)
There's nothing quite as good as the taste of wild honey
Break my back workin' just to save me some money
I can spend my life with her eatin' up her wild honey
(sweet, sweet, my honey bee)
Oh honey she's sweeter (sweeter) and sweeter (sweeter) and sweeter, sweeter
Now
(sweet, sweet, my honey bee)
(sweet, sweet, my honey)
(sweet, sweet, my honey bee)
(sweet, sweet, my honey)
Gimme some gimme some
(sweet, sweet, my honey)
Gimme some gimme some(she's the one)
(sweet, sweet, my honey)
Gimme some wild honey
Gimme some gimme some
The song "Wild Honey" by Nazareth is a love song about a man expressing his love for his girlfriend or perhaps a woman he has recently met. He tells his mother that he is in love with this woman and that she has his heart. He tells his mother that the sweetness of this woman is like the sweetness of honey. The man is raving about the woman's madcap beauty and how she has stolen his heart. He talks about how he met her and experienced love for the first time. He sings that the woman has transformed his life and made him want to sing rock and roll. He intends on spending his life with her, eating up her "wild honey."
The lyrics paint a picture of the man's intense love for a woman who has taken over his life. He is completely enamored with her sweetness, and he intends to spend the rest of his life enjoying her "wild honey." The themes of love, passion, and devotion run deep through the lyrics. The song is an ode to a woman who has given herself to the man completely, and he is ready and willing to do the same. The tone of the lyrics is romantic, joyful, and free-spirited, much like the woman who has captured the man's heart.
Line by Line Meaning
Mama I'm tellin' you as sure as I'm standin' here
I'm confident in telling you, Mama, that she's my girl and I intend to keep it that way.
She's my girl and that's the way I'm keepin' it my mama dear
I acknowledge her as my girlfriend and I intend to maintain the relationship as such, Mama.
No good will it do you to stand there and frown at me
Your disapproval does not affect my feelings, Mama.
The girl's got my heart and my love's comin' down on me
I'm deeply in love with her and my affection for her is growing stronger.
Last time I met her since I got a taste of wild honey (sweet, sweet, my honey bee)
I can't stop thinking about her ever since I tasted her sweetness, Mama.
You know she's got the sweetness of the honey bee (sweet, sweet, my honey)
Her character and personality are as sweet as honey, Mama.
Honey, (sweet, sweet, my honey bee) she got me all and stung me good, oh, yesiree (sweet, sweet, my honey)
She won me over completely and I am happily attached to her, Mama.
Before he even stung bee's buzzin' around her hive
She singled me out, single handed took me alive
Despite other suitors around her, she chose me and took my heart away effortlessly.
I'm gonna take her home and spend my life
Eatin' up the wild honey (sweet, sweet, my honey bee)
I want to build a life with her and enjoy her sweetness forever, Mama.
Oh mama she's sweeter (sweeter) and sweeter (sweeter) and sweeter, sweeter
Yaaaa, honey (sweet, sweet, my honey bee)
Mama, she continues to get sweeter and sweeter to me, like honey.
Let me tell you how she really got to my soul (sweet,sweet my honey)
It ain't funny, (sweet, sweet, my honey bee)
The way she made me want to sing a little rock and roll (sweet, sweet, my honey)
Mama, she touched my soul so deeply and made me feel alive, and I can't help but want to sing and celebrate that with her.
There's nothing quite as good as the taste of wild honey
Break my back workin' just to save me some money
I can spend my life with her eatin' up her wild honey (sweet, sweet, my honey bee)
Mama, everything in life pales in comparison to her sweetness, even if I have to work tirelessly just to be with her and taste that sweetness forever.
Gimme some gimme some
(sweet, sweet, my honey)
Gimme some gimme some(she's the one)
I want to experience her sweetness even more, Mama, and she is the only one who can satisfy that craving.
Gimme some wild honey
Gimme some gimme some
Let me have some more of her sweetness, Mama, I can't get enough.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: MICHAEL LOVE, BRIAN WILSON
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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