Lyrics to
70’s Scenario

This version of 70’S Scenario was released by Hall & Oates in 1974.

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In bed sittin’ and reading by the T. V. light
Stay away from the window, thunder and lighting
And the rain, the rain keeps fallin’ down
That’s something that hasn’t changed
Yeah, there’s something inside me, it’s quiet when it rains
At the end of the rainbow, there ain’t no pot of gold
And the light in the morning, hardly ever shows
Ain’t no easy living, everybody knows
And it’s all around us……..
70’s Scenario
She called me a prisoner, in a prison of the mass
She said acceptance from the future, is freedom from the past
And I laugh, and say “that’s alright”
Things really ain’t that tough
As long as I’m still able, to turn the T.V. off
At the end of the rainbow, there ain’t no pot of gold
And the light in the morning, hardly ever shows
Ain’t no reason living, everybody knows
And it’s all around us……..
70’s Scenario
At the end of the rainbow, there ain’t no pot of gold
And the light in the morning, hardly ever shows
Ain’t no reason living, everybody knows
And it’s all around us……..
70’s Scenario

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About Lyrics and 70’S Scenario by Hall & Oates

When you decide to study the lyrics to 70’S Scenario, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Hall & Oates. Some of the lyrics to 70’S Scenario have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Hall & Oates and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to 70’S Scenario if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 70’S Scenario" means the words set to the music of 70’S Scenario, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Hall & Oates. 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 70’S Scenario and the lyrics to 70’S Scenario are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Hall & Oates who came here looking just for the lyrics to 70’S Scenario, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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