Lyrics to
Boys In The Band

This version of Boys In The Band was released by The Hollies in 1979.

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With Mr. Soul or King Creole
You gotta go with the man in the band
He’ll be your guide
Singing la la la la
But what makes Mr Politic
A lot of words another trick
Turn peace into war
Singing ha ha ha ha

Ooh it’s not the way we want it
Not the way at all
Not the way to change our minds
Our backs up against the wall

The boys in the band all live in harmony
For life’s a poem
And we can make it rhyme
The boys in the band all live in harmony
Let’s get it together before we
Go down, down, down

I don’t want to theorise it
Just hope people realise
The simple melody can free your soul
And let you be man what you are
And fly la la la
But every back street slum where
Pushers push and hookers hook
Just won’t set you free with ha ha ha ha

Oooh it’s not the way we want it
Not the way at all
Not the way to change our minds
Our backs up against the wall

The boys in the band all live in harmony
For life’s a poem
And we can make it rhyme
The boys in the band all live in harmony
Let’s get it together before we
Go down, down, down

The boys in the band all live in harmony
The boys in the band all live in harmony

Oooh it’s not the way we want it
Not the way at all
Not the way to change our minds
Our backs up against the wall

The boys in the band all live in harmony
The boys in the band all live in harmony

The boys in the band all live in harmony
The boys in the band all live in harmony

The boys in the band all live in harmony
The boys in the band all live in harmony

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About Lyrics and Boys In The Band by The Hollies

The lyrics for Boys In The Band are defined as the words making up the song released by The Hollies in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Boys In The Band have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Hollies and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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

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