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Better Watch Your Back

This version of Better Watch Your Back was released by Hall & Oates in 1974.

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Oh, living the life of a madman’s wife, has got to be unreal
‘Cause she’s got to hold on to ground control
While Jack does what he feels
Well he stays away, and then he comes home
And he never knows where he’s been
Jack blasts downtown then he’s over the line,
And then he’s a kid again
Jack said” It’s hard living in a dream, and it’s hard
Always giving in to me”

His wife saw Jack in a crowd of boys and he was talking against the man
She saw the guys getting dangerous eyes, and she knew it was never or then
So she ran on back an d said to Jack ” Jack, Jack I wouldn’t do that,
If you’re gonna continue to give your opinion,
You’d Better Watch Your Back”

Oh, Jack said “You’d Better Watch Your Back”
Said “You’d Better Watch Your Back”
Said “You’d Better Watch Your Back”

Said “You’d Better Watch Your Back, Oh, Jack
Had knock down dream, then he saw the man.
And thought he’d save the day
Jack gave roar, made for the door, he’d go to church and pray
Say Jackie, Religion and you, ain’t mixed well in the past
Remember when you smashed your fist on the Eucharist,
Threw up in high mass?
It’s hard always giving in to me

His wife saw Jack in a crowd of boys and he was talking against the man
She saw the guys getting dangerous eyes, and she knew it was never or then
So she ran on back an d said to Jack ” Jack, Jack I wouldn’t do that,
If you’re gonna continue to give your opinion,
You’d Better Watch Your Back”

Oh, Jack You’d Better Watch Your Back”, Oh, Jack, Oh Jack,
Oh, Jack……..

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Better Watch Your Back, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1974 song by Hall & Oates. Some of the lyrics to Better Watch Your Back have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Hall & Oates and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

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

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