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Bad Side Of The Moon

Released by Elton John in 1970
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This version of Bad Side Of The Moon was released by Elton John in 1970.

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It seems as though I’ve lived my life
On the bad side of the moon
To stir your dregs in sickness still
Without the rustic spoon

Common people live with me
Where the light has never shone
And the hermits flock like hummingbirds
To speak in a foreign tongue

I’m a light world away
From the people who make me stay
Sitting on the bad side of the moon

There ain’t no need for watchdogs here
To justify our ways
We live our life in manacles
The main cause of our stay

Exiled here from other worlds
My sentence comes too soon
Why should I be made to pay
On the bad side of the moon


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About Lyrics and Bad Side Of The Moon by Elton John

The lyrics for Bad Side Of The Moon are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1970 song by Elton John. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Bad Side Of The Moon have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Bad Side Of The Moon - Elton John and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

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If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Bad Side Of The Moon by Elton John in multiple 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 Bad Side Of The Moon" means the words set to the music of Bad Side Of The Moon, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Elton John. 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 Bad Side Of The Moon and the lyrics to Bad Side Of The Moon are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Elton John who came here looking just for the lyrics to Bad Side Of The Moon, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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