Hellenic (Greek) words in international songs - D (Delta)

Words of Hellenic (Greek) origin in popular, successful or favorite international songs.

D


deacon (διάκονος)

Deacon Blues - STEELY DAN (LP Aja, 1977)
Lyrics: they call Alabama The Crimson Tide, call me Deacon Blues



delta (δέλτα)

Delta Dawn - HELEN REDDY (single, 1973)
Lyrics: In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn, prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on

Delta Lady - JOE COCKER (LP Joe Cocker! 1969)
Lyrics: you're my Delta Lady

Graceland - PAUL SIMON (LP Graceland, 1986)
Lyrics: The Mississippi Delta was shining

Machine Gun Ibiza - PREFAB SPROUT (LP Jordan: The Comeback, 1990)
Lyrics: he's a stone delta blues man

Ode To Billie Joe - BOBBIE GENTRY (single, 1967)
Lyrics: It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day

Walking In Memphis - MARC COHN (LP Walking In Memphis, 1991)
Lyrics: Put on my Blue Suede Shoes and I borded the plane, touched downin the Land of the Delta Blues in the middle of the pouring rain



democracy (δημοκρατία)

Blind - TALKING HEADS (LP Naked, 1988)
Lyrics: all in the name of democracy

Good Morning Britain - AZTEC CAMERA feat. MICK JONES (LP Stray, 1990)
Lyrics: in the hills and the valleys and far away you can hear the song of democracy

Sowing The Seeds Of Love - TEARS FOR FEARS (LP The Seeds Of Love, 1989)
Lyrics: could you be squeaky clean and smash any hope of democracy

Universal Soldier - DONOVAN (single, 1965 / original by Buffy St. Marie)
Lyrics: he’s fighting for democracy



demographic (δημογραφικός)

I’d Rather Jack - THE REYNOLDS GIRLS (single, 1989)
Lyrics: Who needs Pink Floyd, Dire Straits? That's not our music, it's out of date Demographic stereo They never play the songs we know

demon (δαίμων, δαίμονας)

Don’t Mess With Dr. Dream - THOMPSON TWINS (LP Here's To Future Days, 1985)
Lyrics: In the hours before the dawn You curse the day that you were born Those demons scream in ecstasy And you crawl around in agony

The Devil Went Down To Georgia - THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND (LP Milion Mile Reflections, 1979)
Lyrics: And then a band of demons joined in and it sounded something like this 

I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues - ELTON JOHN

Lyrics: And while I'm away Dust out the demons inside

I Want You Tonight - PABLO CRUISE

Lyrics: sometimes when I talk I don't know who I'm foolin' As the demon livin' deep inside It's really me all right

Judas - LADY GAGA

Lyrics: Jesus is my virtue, and Judas is the demon I cling to

Kick It In - SIMPLE MINDS
Lyrics: don’t let the demons in

Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - AIR SUPPLY

Lyrics: I can make all your demons be gone

No More "I Love You’s" - THE LOVER SPEAKS
Lyrics: I used to have demons in my room

No Regrets - ROBBIE WILLIAMS

Lyrics: I know they´re still talking (You´re far too short to carry weight) The demons in your head

One Of These Nights - EAGLES

Lyrics: You got your demons and you got desires... I've been searching for the daughter of the devil himself I've been searching for an angel in white

Rainbow In The Dark - DIO

Lyrics: Do your demons Do they ever let you go? When you try, do they hide deep inside?

Rush Rush - DEBBIE HARRY 

Lyrics: He's a real speed demon He's one of a kind

Station To Station - DAVID BOWIE

Lyrics: Here are we, one magical movement From Kether to Malkuth There are you, drive like a demon From station to station

Summer (The First Time) - BOBBY GOLDSBORO
Lyrics: the sun was a demon

Tender - BLUR

Lyrics: Tender is the day The demons go away

Tired Of Being Sorry - RINGSIDE

Lyrics: Lets me down so For a thousand reasons that I know To share forever the unrest With all the demons I possess Beneath the silver moon

2 Minutes To Midnight - IRON MAIDEN

Lyrics: The killer's breed or the demon's seed

The Wizard - BLACK SABBATH

Lyrics: Evil power disappears Demons worry when the wizard is near

You Want It Darker - LEONARD COHEN

Lyrics: They're lining up the prisoners And the guards are taking aim I struggled with some demons They were middle-class and tame I didn't know I had permission To murder and to maim You want it darker



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devil

The Devil Went Down To Georgia - THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND (LP Milion Mile Reflections, 1979)
Lyrics:

One Of These Nights - EAGLES

Lyrics: I've been searching for the daughter of the devil himself I've been searching for an angel in white

Rush Rush - DEBBIE HARRY 

Lyrics: a son of a devil (see: demon)

Strange Kind Of Love - LOVE & MONEY (LP Strange Kind Of Love, 1988)

Lyrics: I could never be your friend If I could never be you King I'm wide open Can you hear the devil sing?

Toxic - BRITNEY SPEARS

Lyrics: It's gettin' late to give you up I took a sip from my devil's cup Slowly, it's takin' over me

What Difference Does It Make - THE SMITHS
Lyrics: Oh, the devil will find work For idle hands to do I stole, and then I lied Just because you asked me to

diabolical

Let's Talk About Sex - SALT-N-PEPA (LP Black's Magic, 1990)

Lyrics: He may fiend and have a wet dream Because he seen a teen in tight jeans What makes him react like that is biological But scheme of gettin' in those jeans, is diabolical

diagnose

Do You Read Me - RORY GALLAGHER  (LP Calling card-1976)
Lyrics: Well, you got that somethin' and it's hard to specify I just can't diagnose that look that's in your eyes

Manchild - NENEH CHERRY
Lyrics: I know what the time is and the crowd will keep on playing it Through the speaker boxes. Loud's my diagnosis



diagram

Build - HOUSEMARTINS
Lyrics: they came and drew us diagrams



dialogue

Holidays In The Sun - THE SEX PISTOLS
Lyrics:



diamond

A Whole New World - PEABO BRYSON & REGINA BELLE (OST Aladdin, 1992)

Lyrics: Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling Through an endless diamond sky

Express Yourself - MADONNA    

Lyrics: You don't need diamond rings Or eighteen karat gold Fancy cars that go very fast You know they never last, no no

Tonight, I Celebrate My Love For You - PEABO BRYSON & ROBERT FLACK

Lyrics: Tonight, our spirits will be climbing To a sky lit up with diamonds

diet

Money-Go-Round-STYLE COUNCIL
Lyrics: a diet of lies


dilemma

Dilemma - NELLY feat. KELLY ROWLAND
Lyrics:



diplomat

Blinded by the light-MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND
Lyrics:

Highly strung-SPANDAU BALLET 
Lyrics: she used to be a diplomat

Leave in silence-DEPECHE MODE   
Lyrics: diplomatic relations

Something Special - DE-PHAZZ

Lyrics: If I would ever lose you To someone else one day I shall be diplomatic Just like Cassius Clay

Sun City - ARTISTS UNITED AGAINST APARTHEID
Lyrics: quiet diplomacy



disco

All I Wanna Do - SHERYL CROW
Lyrics: this ain’t no disco

Blame It On The Boogie - THE JACKSONS
Lyrics: at every kind of disco

He’s The Greatest Dancer - SISTER SLEDGE
Lyrics:

I’m Too Sexy - RIGHT SAID FRED   
Lyrics: disco dancing

Kids Wanna Rock - BRYAN ADAMS
Lyrics: sounded like a disco

Never Knew Your Name - MADNESS
Lyrics: in the discotheque

New York, N.Y. - NINA HAGEN
Lyrics:

Panic - SMITHS
Lyrics: burn down the disco

Play That Funky Music - WILD CHERRY
Lyrics:

Pop Muzik - M
Lyrics: you’re living in a disco

Reckless - AFRICA BAMBAATA & FAMILY featuring  UB 40
Lyrics: standin’ by the disco floor



dolphin

Heroes - DAVID BOWIE
Lyrics: I wish you could swim Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim

overdose

Manchild - NENEH CHERRY
Lyrics: heavy dosis

Millennium - ROBBIE WILLIAMS
Lyrics:

Mothers Little Helper - THE ROLLING STONES
Lyrics:



dragon

A Special Kind Of Man - ROGER WHITTAKER (1971 / He painted scenes of dragons Knights in armour, bold and brave And show me how they rescue ladies fair And I killed a hundred dragons)



drama

Bad Romance - LADY GAGA
Lyrics:

Lean on me (ah- li- ayo)-RED BOX
Lyrics: cut of drama power

My Humps - THE BLACK EYED PEAS
Lyrics:

19-PAUL HARDCASTLE
Lyrics: post-dramatic stress disorder

No More Drama - MARY J. BLIGE
Lyrics:



dynamic

New Frontier - DON FAGEN
Lyrics: she's got the right dynamic for the new frontier



dynamite

Cocaine - DILLINGER
Lyrics:

Dynamite - JERMAINE JACKSON
Lyrics:

Killer Queen - QUEEN
Lyrics: dynamite with a laser beam

Tobacco Road - NASHVILLE TEENS
Lyrics:

What Do You ... at me for - SHAKIN STEVENS
Lyrics: messing with dynamite



dynasty

Hey Matthew - KAREL FIALKA
Lyrics: I see Dallas, Dynasty..

Kiss - PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION
Lyrics: you don’t have to watch Dynasty....