Lyrics to
A Shark In Jets Clothing

This version of A Shark In Jets Clothing was released by Blondie in 1976.

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I always had my eyes on you but you came from across the line
I had to make good time to see you but you had to pay the fine
All the boys on my side knew that you were the shark
If you were found on the borderline you’d be shot in the dark
Don’t wear those clothes again, they don’t make it in this crowd
Don’t go out D.T.K., you’ll wear your best suit in the ground
We’re meeting in a neutral zone: the last car on the train
The love you brought shaking up my bones and crawling through our veins
We always met at the edge of a blade and we left at the end of the fight
Of all the girls you’ve played and you laid why did this one have to be white?
They’re gonna get ya at 12 o’clock high, got their sights set low on you
You better believe me, I wouldn’t lie. We better quit before you’re through

They’re gonna get ya at 12 o’clock high, got their sights set low on you
You better believe me, I wouldn’t lie. We better quit before you’re through

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About Lyrics and A Shark In Jets Clothing by Blondie

When you decide to study the lyrics to A Shark In Jets Clothing, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Blondie. Some of the lyrics to A Shark In Jets Clothing have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Blondie and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to A Shark In Jets Clothing 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 A Shark In Jets Clothing" means the words set to the music of A Shark In Jets Clothing, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Blondie. 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 A Shark In Jets Clothing and the lyrics to A Shark In Jets Clothing are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Blondie who came here looking just for the lyrics to A Shark In Jets Clothing, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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