Lyrics to
Chemistry Class

This version of Chemistry Class was released by Elvis Costello in 1979.

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She throws back her hair and she shows you her mouth
The breath that I waste trying to ruin your life
Beauty’s on a budget but you take it on the chin
‘Cause you have to do your duty taking orders from the kingpin

You’ve got a chemistry class I want a piece of your mind
You don’t know what you started when you mixed it up with mine
Are you ready for the final solution? Oh. Oh.

chopped you up in butcher’s school
Threw you out of the academy of garbage
You’ll be a joker all your life
A student at the comedy college
People pleasing people pleasing people like you
You’ve been around so long but you still don’t know what to do

Sparks are flying from electrical pylons
Snakes and ladders running up and down her nylons
Ready to experiment, you’re ready to be burned
If it wasn’t for some accidents then some would never ever learn

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The lyrics to Chemistry Class are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Elvis Costello in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to Chemistry Class are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Elvis Costello and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Chemistry Class back when it was created.

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

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