Hellenic (Greek) words in international songs - K, L

 

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


K, L

kaleidoscope (καλειδοσκόπιο)

Christine - SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES (LP Kaleidoscope, 1980)

Lyrics: She tries not to shatter, kaleidoscope style Personality changes behind her red smile

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - THE BEATLES (LP Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967)

Lyrics: Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly A girl with kaleidoscope eyes

Sebastian - COCKNEY REBEL (LP The Human Menagerie, 1973)

Lyrics: Lead me away, come inside, see my mind in kaleidoscope

karat, carat (καράτι, κέρας)

Express Yourself - MADONNA (LP Like A Prayer, 1989)

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

labyrinth (λαβύρινθος)

Silent Running - GORILLAZ feat. ADELEYE OMOTAYO (LP Cracker Island, 2023)

Lyrics: There's no way out of here (No way out) In the labyrinth, I disappear

Under Construction

Leo

Five Get Over Excited - HOUSEMARTINS   

Lyrics: I’m a Leo and I’m hilarious

What’s Your Sign? - DES’REE

Lyrics: He's a Leo, check his hair

lesbian

Power In The Darkness - TOM ROBINSON BAND

Lyrics: Football hooligans, juvenile delinquents Lesbians and left wing scum

lion

The Lion's Mouth - KAJAGOOGOO

logic

50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - PAUL SIMON    

Lyrics: if you take it logically

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - THE POLICE (LP Zenyatta Mondatta, 1980)

Lyrics: And when their eloquence escapes me Their logic ties me up and rapes me

Desert Rose - STING     

Lyrics: the logic of all my dreams

I Want Your Sex - GEORGE MICHAEL      

Lyrics: It’s logical

Irresistible - STEPHANIE DE MONACO

Lyrics: It's illogical

It's Different For Girls - JOE JACKSON

Lyrics: Mama always told me, save yourself Take a little time and find the right girl Then again, don't end up on the shelf Logical advice gets you in a whirl

The Logical Song - SUPERTRAMP

Love Is A Wonderful Thing - MICHAEL BOLTON   

Lyrics: no logic can be found

Lunatic - GAZEBO (LP Gazebo, 1983)               
Lyrics: Lunatic and aristocratic (There you go) Lunatic and the strange is logic

Sex Laws - BECK     

Lyrics: the logic of our sex laws

Summerfling - K.D. LANG

Lyrics: Forsake the logic of perfect plans A perfect moment slipped through our hands

What's Love Got To Do With It - TINA TURNER

Lyrics: It's physical Only logical You must try to ignore that it means more than that

White Rabbit - JEFFERSON AIRPLANE

Lyrics: When logic and proportion have fallen softly dead

                            

lotus

Bow Down Mister - JESUS LOVES YOU  

Lyrics: open like a lotus flower

Lotus - REM

lyrical

Boombastic - SHAGGY

Lyrics: I'm a lyrical lover no take me for no filth

Bring The Noise - PUBLIC ENEMY

Lyrics: Make a miracle. D, pump the lyrical

Caroline - ROBIN TROWER

Lyrics: Could a feeling be more lyrical Than the dream that's in my mind

Here Comes The Hotstepper - INI KAMOZE

Lyrics: I'm the lyrical gangster

Hip Hop Lyrical Robot - UB40

Ice Ice Baby - VANILLA ICE

Lyrics: Take heed, 'cause I'm a lyrical poet

Mo Money, Mo Problems - NOTORIOUS BIG

Lyrics: Triple beam lyrical dream, I be that Cat you see at all events bent

The Power - SNAP!

Lyrics: I'm the lyrical Jesse James

You're In My Heart - ROD STEWART

Lyrics: Breezing through the clientele Spinning yarns that were so lyrical

lyrics

Don’t Believe The Hype - PUBLIC ENEMY

Lyrics: Because they too ignorant to understand the lyrics of the Truth that we pumping into them clogged-up brain cells