Lyrics to Babysitter - Decade Lyrics

This version of Babysitter was released by Ramones in 1977.

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She says she’s babysitting tonight She says come over, it’s alright

On the couch with my special one But don’t tell me what we won’t have fun
On the couch with my special one But don’t tell me what we won’t have fun

She says she’s babysitting tonight She says come over, it’s alright

Yeah, ya know we’ll have the TV on Aren’t we glad that the folks are gone
Yeah, ya know we’ll have the TV on Aren’t we glad that the folks are gone

She went to see if the kids were asleep
She says they’re quiet expect for one little creep

We can’t start kissing and I’ll tell you why
We can’t start kissing ’cause the kid’s a little spy

She says she’s babysitting tonight She says come over, it’s alright

Allright

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About Lyrics and Babysitter by Ramones

The lyrics for Babysitter are defined as the words making up the song released by Ramones in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Babysitter have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Ramones and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Babysitter by Ramones if you think through it. 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 Babysitter" means the words set to the music of Babysitter, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Ramones. 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 Babysitter and the lyrics to Babysitter are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Ramones who came here looking just for the lyrics to Babysitter, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.