Lyrics to
Cherry Bomb

This version of Cherry Bomb was released by The Runaways in 1976.

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Can’t stay at home, can’t stay at school
Old folks say, ya poor little fool
Down the street I’m the girl next door
I’m the fox you’ve been waiting for

Hello Daddy, hello Mom
I’m your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Hello world I’m your wild girl
I’m your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb

Stone age love and strange sounds too
Come on baby let me get to you
Bad nights cause’n teenage blues
Get down ladies you’ve got nothing to lose

Hello Daddy, hello Mom
I’m your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Hello world I’m your wild girl
I’m your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb

Hello Daddy, hello Mom
I’m your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Hello world I’m your wild girl
I’m your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb

Hey street boy, what’s your style
Your dead end dreams don’t make you smile
I’ll give ya something to live for
Have ya, grab ya til you’re sore

Hello Daddy, hello Mom
I’m your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Hello world, I’m your wild girl
I’m your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb

Cherry bomb
Cherry bomb
Cherry bomb
Cherry bomb
Cherry bomb

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About Lyrics and Cherry Bomb by The Runaways

The lyrics for Cherry Bomb are defined as the words making up the song released by The Runaways in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Cherry Bomb 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 Runaways 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 Cherry Bomb by The Runaways 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 Cherry Bomb" means the words set to the music of Cherry Bomb, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Runaways. 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 Cherry Bomb and the lyrics to Cherry Bomb are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Runaways who came here looking just for the lyrics to Cherry Bomb, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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