Lyrics to
Ain’t That Peculiar

This version of Ain’T That Peculiar was released by Jackson 5 in 1973.

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Honey you do me wrong but still I’m crazy about you
Stay away too long and I can’t do without you
Every chance you get you seem to hurt me more and more
But each hurt makes my love stronger than before
I know flowers go through rain
But how can love go through pain

Ain’t that peculiar
A peculiar ality
Ain’t that peculiar baby
Peculiar as can be

You tell me lies that should be obvious to me
I’ve been so much in love with you baby til I don’t wanna see
That things you do and say are designed to make me blue
It’s a dog gone shame my love for you makes all
Your lies seem true
But if the truth makes love last longer
Why do lies make my love stronger

Ain’t that peculiar
A peculiar ality
Ain’t that peculiar baby
Peculiar as can be

I cried so much just like a child thats lost its home
Maybe baby you think these tears I cry are tears of joy
A child can cry so much until you do everything they say
But unlike a child my tears don’t help me to get my way
I know love can last through years
But how can love last through tears

Ain’t that peculiar
A peculiar ality
Ain’t that peculiar baby
Peculiar as can be

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Jackson 5 has released many songs over the years besides Ain’T That Peculiar. Jackson 5 released songs from 1969 to 1979 spanning across albums like Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5, ABC, Third Album, Christmas Album, Maybe Tomorrow, Goin' Back To Indiana, Lookin' Through The Windows, In Japan, Skywriter, G.I.T.: Get It Together, Dancing Machine, Moving Violation, Joyful Jukebox Music, and Boogie. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Jackson 5.

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The lyrics to Ain’T That Peculiar are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Jackson 5 used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to Ain’T That Peculiar have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Jackson 5 and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Ain’T That Peculiar by Jackson 5. 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 Ain’T That Peculiar" means the words set to the music of Ain’T That Peculiar, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Jackson 5. 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 Ain’T That Peculiar and the lyrics to Ain’T That Peculiar are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Jackson 5 who came here looking just for the lyrics to Ain’T That Peculiar, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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