Lyrics to Art School - Decade Lyrics

This version of Art School was released by The Jam in 1977.

Our The Jam Songs profile has Art School lyrics from 1977 and most if not all of the lyrics by The Jam that we have here at Decade Lyrics.

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Anything that you wanna do, anyplace that you wanna go
Don’t need permission for everything that you want
Any taste that you feel is right
Wear any clothes just as long as they’re bright
Say what you want, ‘cos this is a new art school
Do what you want if it takes your mind
Better do it now, ‘cos you won’t have time
And never worry if people laugh at you
The fools only laugh ‘cos they envy you
Time is motion and the hands are fast
Young words are mumbled, they don’t always last
It’s up to us to be sure they understand
Who makes the rules that make people select
Who is to judge that your ways are correct
The media as watchdog is absolute shit
The TV telling you what to think
Anything that you wanna do, anyplace that you wanna go
Don’t need permission for everything that you want
Any taste that you feel is right
Wear any clothes just as long as they’re bright
Say what you want,
‘cos this is a new art school
Do what you want, ‘cos this is the new art school

The Jam has released many songs over the years besides Art School. The Jam released songs from 1977 to 1992 spanning across albums like This Is The Modern World, In The City, All Mod Cons, Setting Sons, Sound Affects, Dig The New Breed, The Gift, and Extras. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by The Jam.

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About Lyrics and Art School by The Jam

The lyrics to Art School are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Jam in 1977. Elements of the lyrics to Art School are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Jam and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Art School back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Art School by The Jam in a number of ways. 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 Art School" means the words set to the music of Art School, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Jam. 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 Art School and the lyrics to Art School are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Jam who came here looking just for the lyrics to Art School, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.